problem installing BT3

[almalik]

i have laptop dell latitude c400
without cd rom,fllopy drive, could not boot from USB(i have install the latest bios update avelayble)
so to install bt3 i've do this:
attach the laptop HDD to another PC
and boot from BT3 live CD
and follow the instraction to instal bt3 from shell

i got this error wihle bt3 booting :

md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun...
md: ... autorun done.
VFS: connat open root device "802" or unknow-block(8,2)
please append a correct "root=" boot option
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,2)

so i repeat the same prossec to install bt2 but from bt installer an the same error again

any help to get bt working on my laptop

[secure_it]

i have laptop dell latitude c400
without cd rom,fllopy drive, could not boot from USB(i have install the latest bios update avelayble)
so to install bt3 i've do this:
attach the laptop HDD to another PC
and boot from BT3 live CD
and follow the instraction to instal bt3 from shell

i got this error wihle bt3 booting :

md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun...
md: ... autorun done.
VFS: connat open root device "802" or unknow-block(8,2)
please append a correct "root=" boot option
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,2)

so i repeat the same prossec to install bt2 but from bt installer an the same error again

any help to get bt working on my laptop

problem is with your boot loader configuration.properly edit lilo.conf file
nano /etc/lilo.conf

image ="/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda1 #change with your root(/)partition
label=BackTrack3
read-only

#based on your installation.if you have winblows partitions too put them #into
other=/dev/hdc4 #partition where winblows is installed
Label = "winblows"
table = /dev/hda #primary partition of windows HDD e.g. C drive

lilo-v
init 6
#you have done
find good tutorials on the forum.there are lots of and follow them exactly.

[almalik]

it dosnt work i've try all the posibelity that could be
nothing work

[almalik]

thing the only solution is to buy a new laptop with cdrom drive

[McDaeMonD]

Here should work, because it works for me,

Make sure attach the hdd in same ide slot, in my area, in the pc, my notebook hdd was at sdd while i put back to my notebook its become sda, so all fstab, lilo etc got wrong hdd mapping and have same error like yours, but than i reinstall at sda in the pc and put back to the notebook, in the same ide controller, (sda) there no error comes up, so, in your prob, may be, you put your hdd notebook in slave ide controler, but in your notebook become master, re check pls

[almalik]

thing that's my problem, i'v connect my laptop HDD to my PC throught USB to IDE cable, and lilo read it as sda but when reblug it to laptop and boot to BT3 it reads it as hda
i thing that's exactly my problem but i'v edit lilo.conf and the same error again
don't know what to do
did i need to run "lilo -v" after avry adit to lilo.conf ?

[secure_it]

thing that's my problem, i'v connect my laptop HDD to my PC throught USB to IDE cable, and lilo read it as sda but when reblug it to laptop and boot to BT3 it reads it as hda
i thing that's exactly my problem but i'v edit lilo.conf and the same error again
don't know what to do
did i need to run "lilo -v" after avry adit to lilo.conf ?

YES you need to apply changes using that.