[K12OSN] problem in starting a new dual boot machine in Linux

[John P. Conlon]

I am trying to turn my new Dell Inspiron 6000 into a dual boot machine.  It came with Windows
XP Pro installed.  I used Partition Magic 8.0 to move the NTFS windows partition boundary to
give me room for Linux. I installed K12LTSP 4.1.0.  The installation went okay but on the
restart I get the following screen text lines:

Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel.
audit(1110305405.379:0): initialized
ide0: I/O resource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free.
ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe
Red Hat nash version 3.5.22 starting
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

This does not appear to be a Grub problem but rather something else.
What do I need to do to fix this?  Please be detailed as I am still
in the dangerous stage of learning (just enough knowledge to wreck a computer).

Thanks
Pat

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