<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Can anyone help me with my problem?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am trying to install mandrake 8.0
on new PC with an Intel</font><font size=2><tt> D865PERL</tt></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
motherboard and Intel P4 processor. When I load the CD it boots normally
to the initial installation screen and I press enter to begin the installation.
A DOS type screen comes up with all sorts of information about things be
loaded etc. The last line reads </font><font size=2 face="Verdana">"pci_ide:
unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, vid=8086, did=24db</font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">vfs: cannot open root device ""
or 08:05. please append a correct " root=" boot option kernal
panic :vfs:unable to mount root fs on 08:05</font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"
.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Has anyone come across this error before
or do you have any ideas?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have already contacted Intel... they
were little help only giving me links to drivers and stating that Linux
is not a supported platform.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Joe</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Joseph V. McNamara, CCNA, CCAI<br>
Instructor, Cisco Networking Academy<br>
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Potter Career & Technical Center<br>
Phone: 716-821-7331<br>
Fax: 716-821-7336<br>
jmcnamara@e1b.org<br>
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