Okay here's what's up. I just downloaded Redhat Linux 9.0. I was really excited that I was finally getting the version of linux that I have always wanted. First I thought I'd test it out on Microsoft Virtual PC (aka Connectix) Anyway, I loaded up linux straight from the ISO file itself that I downloaded. The install took about 40 minutes on emulation, and I thought that was great! I started it up and it worked, but I thought that it wasn't working fast enough and that I'd really like to have a multiboot with my Windows XP setup. I am fully prepared to do whatever I have to with my hard drive, may it be reformat, partition, etc. This is not my problem however. My problem is that when I burn the ISO to a CD-R and try to boot with it I get the following error: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 48:05 Here's the real thing though. After burning it to a CD-R I pop it in my computer and restart. It loads the installation screen and I try each possible choice. I tried graphical, text, rescue, lowres, etc. I also tried burning it onto a different brand of CD-R. I did check the integrity of the discs on VPC and it said everything was just grand. What I also want to know is why it works straight from the ISO file and not the ISO file burned onto a CD-R. The reason I am making this reply so long is because I really need to be specific so I don't get a response like, "did you try burning it to a different type of cd?" and just to save you and I some time so you don't have to ask, here are my stats for the two computers I tried the discs on: Main computer: Pentium 4 - 1800 mhz Windows XP Home Edition Fujitsu-Siemens Motherboard Geforce 3 Tornado Titanium 200 AGP Backup Machine: Pentium 2 MMX Windows XP Home Edition iWill 2K Motherboard STB Velocity 128 PCI Also, I have to mention that I tried to boot from different types of hard drives and differently formatted hard drives. I tried booting from each hard drive normally how they were. (With windows and all my settings.) and same error. I tried booting an empty FAT32 drive and received the same error. I tried booting an empty NTFS drive, and the same error. Okay, time for a recap: I would like to know why I am receiving this error: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 48:05 only on boot with a burned image of the complete ISO's from Redhat.com I would like to know why it works straight from the ISO on VPC and not from the SAME ISO burned. I would REALLY REALLY appreciate a response and some help. I know that somebody out there is having the same exact problem. Well, thank you in advance.

I found this after a search" "The most common cause of this is that your hard drive isn't the master drive on the primary IDE, or that you're using cable select. For the record: NEVER, EVER use "Cable Select" on IDE." Also, what speed did you burn your CDs. A lot of people have problems with burning at too high of speed. Try burning your first CD at 4X to see if that helps. I have RedHat Linux on several computers: 1) ASUS A7N8X, XP2800+ 2250MHz, 1000MB RAM 2) ECS K7VZA, AMD Athlon 1000MHz, 512MB RAM 3) ECS K7SEM, AMD Duron 850MHz, 256MB RAM 4) Compaq Presario 1675, AMDK6-2 380 MHz, 64MB RAM RedHat Linux 7.3: Computer 3 RedHat Linux 8.0: Computer 1 and 2 RedHat Linux 9: Computers 1 and 4 Windows 98: Computers 2, 3, and 4 Windows XP: Computer 1

Several questions & answers: --------------------------- 1) The follwing site explains how to burn (and verify) the iso's (mostlikely the problem): The MD5 verify software is there: 2) If the CD are properly burned you can boot from the first disc and RedHat offers a nice option (missing on other distros) to test your CD's before you proceed.Use it and test every CD you had burned. 3) If you had trouble downloding a valid set of Iso's just try the RedHat ftp website. You may use wget if you have a poor transmission. This should "unstuck" you. LinuxUser.

Hi. I dont know how you burned the iso image on a cd-r. if you just copy the .iso image on the cd, then it won't work. this is what i did: 1) start nero (or the program that u use) 2) complie a new cd 3) Other Cd format (not audio or data cds) 4) Burn from an image file (.iso or .nrg) 5) select the .iso images to burn the three cds. I hope this works out for you in case you made the mistake of copying the .iso file on the cd-r as i did. Aashish