I installed 2.6.0-test1 this afternoon, and was quite pleased that it
could burn some cd's without the trouble I'd had with ide-scsi.
So I know 2.6.0-test1 works for me. But 2.6.0-test2 with the same
configuration (just a "make oldconfig" in between) stops during boot
with:
VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL" or sda1
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on sda1
I have LILO on /dev/hda, and the root fs on /dev/sda1. Adding a
"root=/dev/sda1" at the LILO: prompt doesn't change anything.
Henrik
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:42:13PM +0000, Henrik Storner wrote:
> So I know 2.6.0-test1 works for me. But 2.6.0-test2 with the same
> configuration (just a "make oldconfig" in between) stops during boot
> with:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL" or sda1
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on sda1
>
I've got the same error, except my root device is /dev/hda3. It also
worked in 2.6.0-test1 :)
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Yifang Dai wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:42:13PM +0000, Henrik Storner wrote:
>
>>So I know 2.6.0-test1 works for me. But 2.6.0-test2 with the same
>>configuration (just a "make oldconfig" in between) stops during boot
>>with:
>>
>>VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL" or sda1
>>Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>>Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on sda1
>>
>
>
> I've got the same error, except my root device is /dev/hda3. It also
> worked in 2.6.0-test1 :)
>
I believe you need to change in your grub.conf file the root=/dev/hda3
to a root=### ie root=0307
The number is composed of 3 pieces
(a) major device number ie. 3 above (leading zero is ignored)
(b) minor device number ie. 0 above
(c) partition on device ie. 7 above
I use hdb. hda and hdb are both major device number 3
hda is minor device number 0
hdb is minor device number 64
BUT minor device number is in base 16
so in base 16, hda is 0 (0x16=0) and hdb is 4 (4x16=64)
THUS
my root=/dev/hdb4 becomes root=344 (ie. maj device 3, minor device 64
(4x16) and partition #4.
Examples:
hda1 = 301
hda3 = 303
hdb1 = 341
hdb4 = 344 etc.
Pardon if this is obvious. To determine linux device numbers, google.
there's a list out there. I found a list below:
http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices.txt
gaxt wrote:
> in 260-test1-mm2-O8+O9 gramofile worked fine
>
> in 260-test2 gramofile loads but when you press on "start recording"
> where you are supposed to get an ASCII equalizer changing with the music
> input, you get a blank screen. Same in an xterm as in a virtual terminal.
>
Hm. Well, closing down Wine (running Galciv) seems to have resolved the
problem for some reason. Scheduler problems???
in 260-test1-mm2-O8+O9 gramofile worked fine
in 260-test2 gramofile loads but when you press on "start recording"
where you are supposed to get an ASCII equalizer changing with the music
input, you get a blank screen. Same in an xterm as in a virtual terminal.
In <[email protected]> gaxt <[email protected]> writes:
>Yifang Dai wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:42:13PM +0000, Henrik Storner wrote:
>>
>>>So I know 2.6.0-test1 works for me. But 2.6.0-test2 with the same
>>>configuration (just a "make oldconfig" in between) stops during boot
>>>with:
>>>
>>>VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL" or sda1
>>
>> I've got the same error, except my root device is /dev/hda3. It also
>> worked in 2.6.0-test1 :)
>I believe you need to change in your grub.conf file the root=/dev/hda3
>to a root=### ie root=0307
Doesn't seem to do much good here. I've tried:
root=/dev/sda1
root=0801
root=801
root=2049 (0801 hex = 2049 decimal)
root=08:01
root=/dev/sda/1
but none of them gets the kernel to mount the root fs (yes, I do
have the SCSI driver and my reiserfs filesystem compiled in).
Anyone who added patches to -test2 who have a clue about what
is going on ?
Henrik
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