Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270324AbTHLMoq (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:44:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270327AbTHLMoq (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:44:46 -0400 Received: from mta4.mail.adelphia.net ([64.8.50.184]:1448 "EHLO mta4.adelphia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270324AbTHLMoo (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:44:44 -0400 Message-ID: <005001c360cf$815cb860$6401a8c0@wa1hco> From: "jeff millar" To: , "Norbert Preining" Cc: References: <3F34D0EA.8040006@rogers.com> <20030810211745.GA5327@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030810154343.351aa69d.akpm@osdl.org> <20030811053437.GA19040@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030811145940.GF4562@www.13thfloor.at> <20030811154009.GE6763@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030811185326.GB25186@www.13thfloor.at> <20030811215058.GA24474@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030811222134.GA10481@www.13thfloor.at> <20030812053956.GA7108@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030812122639.GA27114@www.13thfloor.at> Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:44:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1953 Lines: 53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert P?tzl" To: "Norbert Preining" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs > > I would suggest to give append="root=/dev/hdb1" a try, > and/or update lilo or change to grub ... > I'm getting the same sorts of error messages with grub. Here's the grub.conf file...originally generated by a Redhat 9 install. 2.4.20 works with root=0303. But I've tried all the variants after root= (03:03, 0303, hda3, /dev/hda3) and nothing works # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /initrd-version.img # boot=/dev/hda # 2.6.0-test kernels apparently have bug # in processing root=device names # changed to major:minor where minor is letter*64 + partition number # hdb1 = 03:65, hda3=03:03 # But, that didn't work for 2.4.20...trying 0303 now # default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-test3) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3 ro root=03:03 # initrd /initrd-2.6.0-test3.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.9) root (hd0,0) Kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9 ro root=0303 initrd /initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=/dev/hda3 initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img - 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/