[ale] Boot issues - OR - why Mafia$oft hurts/disappoints everyone endlessly

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Mon Nov 29 14:29:16 EST 2010


Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> Now that I have been flamed and called pretty much stupid  the latest is :
> I downloaded MYTHUBUNTU and MYTHDORA.
> 
> Tried MYTHDORA, got same unknown root fs blah blah/
> 
> Changed the HD's now /dev/sda = Linux /dev/sdb = Windoze
> 
> Tried MYTHUBUNTU.  It got installed.  Restarted the server
> 
> Got the GRUB menu, chose the entry for Ubuntu regular and Ubuntu single 
> user mode.
> 
> Both cases getting syncing VFS unable to mount root fs unknown block (0,0)
> 
> Not sure what I am doing wrong or how I can fix. 
> 
> I am willing to forego my Windoze install, as long as I can mount and 
> use the data on the Windows drive later.
> 
> Anyone in the Marietta, Alpharetta area that I can meetup to show issues ?

I'm definitely buried right now, but close enough to Marietta to maybe 
get together and look at things.  Where in Marietta?

> 
> Any installfest that I can bring PC to for help ? 
> 
> -Narahari
> 
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