Red Hat Linux 5.0 Installation problem.

From: David Lonsdale (d_lonsdale_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05

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    I tried installing the Red Hat Linux 5.0 onto the old 486 PC with 48MB RAM
    and 500MB HD. After selecting the packages, the installation program
    proceeded to set up the exf2 filesystem. But, in the middle of copying the
    programs from the CD to the hard drive, (where 48MB has been reserved for
    Linux Swap space and the rest for the Linux Native space), the installation
    program froze and display an error message in the middle of screen:

    Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05

    Does anybody know what this means? Is there a way I can fix it?

    David Robert Lonsdale

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