Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270322AbTHLNSh (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:18:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270325AbTHLNSg (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:18:36 -0400 Received: from f22.mail.ru ([194.67.57.55]:32019 "EHLO f22.mail.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270322AbTHLNSf (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:18:35 -0400 From: =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Andrey Borzenkov=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?= To: herbert@13thfloor.at Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: mPOP Web-Mail 2.19 X-Originating-IP: [212.248.25.26] Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:22:13 +0400 Reply-To: =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Andrey Borzenkov=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 769 Lines: 26 >> cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1 > > AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ... there is > if, on the other hand, the message looks like ... > > ----------- > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > ----------- he does not pass it in append line. He is using root= option in lilo. actually my lilo does pass "root=341" in this case while the above means lilo omits any root= command line option and relies on compiled-in ROOT_DEV - 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/