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Hi all,

I am trying to get Linux installed on a P120 machine (IBM Chip),
but with no luck whatsoever.

I boot from the boot disk, and when it asks for the root disk,
I get the following messages:
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VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into ramdisk and press ENTER
{at which point I press enter}
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:1c, sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:1c, sector 2
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0.
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VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
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I know the root floppy is good, plus I have used different disks.
The strange thing, is that when I hit enter after inserting
the root floppy, the drive does not even attempt to access the disk.

I leave the disk in and press enter again, and then get the following:
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end_request: I/O error, dev 02:1c, sector 2
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:1c, sector 2
MINIX-fs: unable to read superblock
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:1c, sector 0
FAT bread failed
{and so on until the Kernel panics, and the machine hangs}.
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Does anyone know what this might be indicative of?

I am running the Sept '96 Infomagic Slackware set.

The hardware is :

P120+ IBM chip
40Mb RAM
AHA2940 SCSI card with 1Gig seagate drive
SMC PCI Ethernet card

Any help appreciated.

Regards,
Brent Paddon.
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