Help. Newbie problem

["Stephen B Knewtson" <KNEWTSON@prodigy.net>]

Hi,

I am trying to install Slackware 7.1 on a HP Pavillion.  I think I partioned
the drive ok but I am having problems installing.  I need the CDROM to
install.  Unfortunately I was booting from the CDROM and was (apparently)
unable to change disks because I guess it won't let go of the boot drive.  I
did partion the hard-drive using fdisk though.  When I boot from the floppy
should I be able to mount the drive?  I tried to mount /dev/hda1 but somehow
it jumped the tracks and I got a 'kernel panic' message.  I also tried using
the 'root disk' floppy but then I was unable to login, (when I give my login
as 'root' it just reprompts for the login.)...

What do I seem to be doing wrong?

Stephen