Kernel Panic Error- Please help

["Christian Castaldo" <ccast75@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am new to linux so any answer I would appreciate in the simplest plainest 
language possible.  I am getting the same error regardless of which 
distribution I try and install on my machine.  Currently, I am using a 
purchased cd of the lastest fedora dist (text only, no graphics).  I get 
this error after the cd boots and I start the install.  It stops at this 
point.

crc error(6) freeing initd memory: 2941 freed
EXT-2 -fs unable to read superblock iso_fs_read_super: bread failed 
dev=09:02, iso_blkenum=16, block=32
kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 09:02

My system is a pentium 233, 4 gig hd and 128 meg ram.  Old but should work.  
It has one partition active right now - a 1 gig dos partition.  I know it is 
not my cds.  I think something is screwy in my bios settings.  Also I was 
able to install basic linux earlier in the day but after I repartitioned the 
hard drive to add the swap and linux partitions (which I have since wiped 
with fdisk) I have hit this same error over and over.  Any help would be 
huge.  Thanks in advance.

- Chris

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