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

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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Huck wrote:

> not too sure...but doesn't XP utilize 2 partitions?
> some little funky tiny one...and then the main partition...

yeah, I was helping a friend put linux on his Dell Demension 8200 today
and it was driving me nuts for a bit, but used partition magic and just
built an ext3 partition, then went into the linux setup and made the linux
partition manually during loading,  seems to be working now but pulled my
hair out for a couple hours figuring out the work around.

Bob

> 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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