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I have downloaded 2 different bootdisks from the net several times and have made several different copies of each, but they all give the same error!<br />

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I have downloaded 2 different bootdisks from the net several times and have made several different copies of each, but they all give the same error!


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When running my linux boot disk I get the following :<br />
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VFS: Cannot open root device 16.01<br />
Kernel panic : VFS: unab le to mount root fs on 16.01<br />
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Could somebody please tell me what this means?
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When running my linux boot disk I get the following :

VFS: Cannot open root device 16.01
Kernel panic : VFS: unab le to mount root fs on 16.01

Could somebody please tell me what this means?

Installation problem.

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