Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:55:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:55:25 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:60563 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:54:52 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.5.49: "hdb: cannot handle device with more than 16 heads" From: Alan Cox To: ebuddington@wesleyan.edu Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20021126150325.A157@ma-northadams1b-112.nad.adelphia.net> References: <20021126125019.A81@ma-northadams1b-112.nad.adelphia.net> <1038335905.2658.65.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20021126150325.A157@ma-northadams1b-112.nad.adelphia.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 27 Nov 2002 00:33:23 +0000 Message-Id: <1038357203.2594.107.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 786 Lines: 19 On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 20:03, Eric Buddington wrote: > Thanks. Disks and partitions are now recognized, but root still won't > mount. Reiserfs (the root fs) is compiled in, along with IDE disk > support. I tried getting rid of the advanced partitopn types options, > which eliminated the MS-DOS partition table message, but did not > otherwise change things. > > The hdc error is also unexpected, unless it's simply the result of no > CD in the drive. > > I hope this isn't another silly thing I'm missing. I'd start by turning off devfs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/