http://linuxexchange.org/questions/133/compaq-and-f12-odd-couple<p>Hi,</p> <p>OK, at the risk of a tornado, here is a question. I tried (several times with no success) to install F12 on a Compaq. A simple enough little thing, 1.5Gb memory, 250Gb hard drive, fast enough, hey, one of those ultra slimlines. Installing in graphical mode seems to be a problem, VESA is required. I can survive on VESA, no sweat. But after reboot, the machine cannot find the boor partition. I cannot reboot, the thing screams this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)</p> </blockquote> <p>A Compaq issue? I'm at the fork in the road here: either change distro (dont wanna, I like RH/Fedora - but if I HAVE to...) or get a "white"/non-brand brand-new PC (for once, I only have second hands)</p> <p>Ok, some intel/feedback would be nice...it is sunday afternoon, so, hey...</p> <p>Wellness!</p> <p>Thor</p>enWed, 20 Apr 2011 13:54:53 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/133/compaq-and-f12-odd-couple#2420<p>Please accept an answer so the question/answer can be finished. Or provide more details so we can help.</p>rfelsburgWed, 20 Apr 2011 13:54:53 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/133/compaq-and-f12-odd-couple#2420