Urgent Help on Slackware 2.0 (Linux)

[<ajm1@mit.edu>]

Ok, I'm stuck!

I downloaded slackware 2.0, including the tp-bare boot disk, and
installed linux on my machine (no X yet, but: A, AP, D, E disks)

I have a 25 meg dos partition, (primary) and 130 linux plus ~10 megs swap
(i have 8 megs RAM)

Here's the problem:

When booting lilo, with the tp-bare disk, i nedd to type:
mount root=/dev/hda2 in order to make linux recognize my HD,
however, when i do this, i can't find my floppy (/dev/fd0) and therefore,
i can't copy the kernel from the floppy into the HD.

If i boot just from the hard drive i get a "Kernel Panic, Can't mount Root"
message.  If, OTOH i try to boot w/o specifying the mount command,
i don't see the HD anywhere in the tree..

As you can see, i've run out of options, please e-mail me with any ideas...

BTW, i have the file from the Web site regarding installation on the TP's,
but being a unix newbie, i don't know how to apply the patches... I have
a feeling this is a much better way to go about the installation, but i
have no idea how to prepare (cut and paste) the mod files and how to apply
them thereafter...


Thanks in advance for all you  help!

Art

Arturo J. Morales                  |  ajm1@mit.edu
Department of Biology              | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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