Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270222AbTGWMFW (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:05:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270230AbTGWMFV (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:05:21 -0400 Received: from 153.Red-213-4-13.pooles.rima-tde.net ([213.4.13.153]:520 "EHLO small.felipe-alfaro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270222AbTGWMFS (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:05:18 -0400 Subject: Re: root= needs hex in 2.6.0-test1-mm2 From: Felipe Alfaro Solana To: Tom Felker Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: <200307230156.40762.tcfelker@mtco.com> References: <200307230156.40762.tcfelker@mtco.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1058962821.574.0.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 23 Jul 2003 14:20:21 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 661 Lines: 14 On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 08:56, Tom Felker wrote: > I finally booted 2.6.0-test1-mm2, after reading somebody else who needed to > use hex in the root= argument. root=/dev/hdb1 and root=hdb2 would panic > ("VFS: Cannot open root device hdb1 or unknown-block(0,0)"), but root=0341 > worked. Devfs is compiled in, devfs=nomount and devfs=mount make no > difference. Is this intentional? I would say it's a bug :-) - 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/