Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272375AbTHIOjE (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:39:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272383AbTHIOjE (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:39:04 -0400 Received: from filesrv1.system-techniques.com ([199.33.245.55]:55521 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272375AbTHIOjB (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:39:01 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:38:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: gaxt cc: preining@logic.at, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs In-Reply-To: <3F3509C0.9050403@rogers.com> Message-ID: References: <3F34D0EA.8040006@rogers.com> <3F3509C0.9050403@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1302 Lines: 27 Hello Gaxt , I take it that there is no documentation of the change to the 'Kernel's 'root' parameter syntax ? Tia , JimL On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote: > It's not a lilo issue (ie. I use grub) I ran into the issue when I first > started with the 2.6.0 series test kernels. > Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > > He3llo Gaxt , Is this change to the lilo.conf funtionality > > documented someplace ? It is not in the halloween-2.5 document . > > Tia , JimL > > On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote: > >> > I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1 > >> > which is the root fs. > >>Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341 -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - 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/