still havin probs :)

[Brian Densmore]

Not a clue on the kernel panic.

You don't need to partition a 30 GB harddrive (in Linux), but on my 18 GB I did
this: primary partition 1 = /boot first @ ~64 MB  (overkill)
primary partition 2 = FAT        @ ~2 GB
ext partition 5 = FAT              @ ~6 GB
ext partition 6 = /usr              @ ~3 GB
extended partition 7 = /var     @ ~2.3GB
ext. part. 8 = /tmp                  @ ~2.3 GB
ext part. 9 = /home                @ ~2GB

so on a linux only you could substitute the two FAT partitions with one for 
/opt & /usr/src
 
or you could  just do this
/ = 30 GB

personally I like seperation of file systems, because if some catastrophic
happens the /var or /tmp file system may become corrupt, but the /boot and /usr
file systems remain intact. So I can still boot and repair the damage, this has
saved my system more than once. One day soon I will get the "software" raid or
volume manager instaleed and configured (hopefully).

Brian

On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, will goodman wrote:
> ok, well i got nt to work again, but if i boot from a
> floppy to try to load linux it gives me errors, i'll
> copy in the few lines above the error also so you can
> place it in the boot proccess:
> 
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> VVFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> Loading via-rhine module
> via-rhine.c:v1.01 2/27/99 Written by Donald Becker
>  
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html
> eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xc400, 00:50:ba:ca:d6:77,
> IRQ 10.
> eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d
> advertising 05e1 Link 41e1.
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> IInvalid session number or type of track
> Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:45
> 
> 
> also, what would be the best way to partition a 30 Gb
> drive just for linux usage
> 
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