ok, well i got nt to work again, but if i boot from a
floppy to try to load linux it gives me errors, i'll
copy in the few lines above the error also so you can
place it in the boot proccess:

autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Loading via-rhine module
via-rhine.c:v1.01 2/27/99 Written by Donald Becker
 
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html
eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xc400, 00:50:ba:ca:d6:77,
IRQ 10.
eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d
advertising 05e1 Link 41e1.
autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
Invalid session number or type of track
Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:45

also, what would be the best way to partition a 30 Gb
drive just for linux usage

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