I have an XL366 and found that MILO couldn't see my Linux 6.2 because it was
on /sda3.
I nuked NT, put Linux onto /sda1 and then NT onto later partition.
All is now well, dual-booting without drama.
MILO seems to have limitations/problems.
Luke
>From: niaam <niaam@adelphia.net>
>Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
>To: <axp-list@redhat.com>
>Subject: Booting linux Red Hat install from MILO on XL233 ?
>Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 20:47:49 -0400
>
>I am new to the list and the Alpha, so this may be a question that has been
>covered many times. If so, I apologize. Here goes, I have installed MILO
>and
>am trying to boot the Red Hat installer from the CD with:
>
>MILO> boot sr0:/kernels/generic.gz root=/dev/sr0
>
>all goes well till I get this message:
>
>VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
>Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
>
>
>Ant suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
>
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