Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:01:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:01:52 -0500 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:58068 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:01:51 -0500 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:09:39 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: ebuddington@wesleyan.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.51 won't boot with devfs enabled Message-ID: <20021210170939.GC577@codemonkey.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , ebuddington@wesleyan.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20021210111835.A92@ma-northadams1b-112.bur.adelphia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021210111835.A92@ma-northadams1b-112.bur.adelphia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 17 On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:18:35AM -0500, Eric Buddington wrote: > With 2.5.51 (gcc-3.2, Athlon, mostly modules, DEVFS=y, DEVFS_DEBUG=y), > boot panics with "VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or > 03:01". > > I had the same problem with 2.5.50, avoidable by disabling devfs entirely. Sounds similar to http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110 Does enabling UNIX98 pty's fix your problem ? Dave - 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/