[K12OSN] problem in starting a new dual boot machine in Linux
John P. Conlon
jconlon1 at elp.rr.com
Wed Mar 9 01:36:07 UTC 2005
With the Linux partition there are actually several partitions on my
hard drive. The XP main, an XP recovery, something else XP uses, and
those created by Linux. I think that Grub is going to the correct
partition, based on the text below, but is there a way to check and make
sure?
--Pat
Huck wrote:
> not too sure...but doesn't XP utilize 2 partitions?
> some little funky tiny one...and then the main partition...
> A friend just called me about this last week, and was mentioning
> something about finding a small hidden partition...
> his was a compaq laptop though...not a dell.
>
> --Huck
>
> John P. Conlon wrote:
>
>> 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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