> From:    Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > I'm trying to get a Linux (minilinux)OS going  at DOS terminal on my
> > Pentium II 4.2 GB Quantum fireball HD(c,D Partitions with DOS/win98) but
> > get the following error msg with Vmlinuz Image file.
> >
> > "hd.C:; ST506 interface disk with more than 16 heads detected. Probably
> due
> > to non standard sector translation. Giving up.
> > (disk 0: cyl=1023, sect=63, head=128)
> > Kernal Panic: VFS; Unable to mount root"
> >
> > Any help to decipher this msg and further advice from a Linux enthusiast
> is
> > much appreciated.
>
>     What kernel version are you using? The reason is older kernels did not
> except drives with more than a certain number of heads, cylinders and
> sectors. Try upgrading to a newer kernel if you have an older one. I am not
> that familiar with "minilinux", is that a certain distro or is it a subset
> of some larger distro? TTYL
>
> ------------------------------
I'm a complete Linux newbie myself (just saw FreeBSD on a friend's systems
for the first time a few days ago), but I once read about a UNIX emulator
that ran on DOS systems.  It was called MINIX (or MINUX?), and fitted on
a single floppy.  Could this be what he's talking about?

Boyd Ramsay

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