/dev/rob0 wrote:
> In article <vue88kmtq4qj05@corp.supernews.com>, DB wrote:

>>
>>I've tried a number of the kernels from the CD to no avail, and looked
>>without success in the docs and google for what init options to try. Can
>
>
> That's because init= options will not solve the problem. Your kernel is
> mounting a root filesystem which has no /dev/console nor /sbin/init. It
> could be that your LILO is misconfigured with "root=/dev/hde2", or that
> your install on /dev/hde3 is missing vital components.
>
> Boot the CD, mount /dev/hde3 at /mnt and /dev/hde2 at /mnt/boot, correct
> any issues in /mnt/etc/lilo.conf, then run "lilo -v -r /mnt". Or, if the
> previous install failed for some reason, just redo the setup. Good luck.

Yep as ususal I figured it out shortly after posting. That happens every
time no matter how much digging I do prior to posting. I must have had
something misconfigured. I rethought the partitioning and used just a
swap at the end and kept the rest as one partition. I've done that many
times before and don't ever recall being sorry. Anyway it works well now
and my next step is to enable the onboard SATA RAID (RAID1 in my case)
as soon as the second SATA/IDE power adapter arrives The Asus A7N8X
Deluxe seems to be a very nice board for a server with two onboard NICS.
Seems a shame to not be using the onboad Dolby surround sound . BTW
this board talks thu the onboard sound card when it boots instead of
beeping.

DB