Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270416AbTHLOF7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:05:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270426AbTHLOF7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:05:59 -0400 Received: from www.13thfloor.AT ([212.16.59.250]:53440 "EHLO www.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270416AbTHLOF5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:05:57 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:06:09 +0200 From: Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Message-ID: <20030812140609.GB1926@www.13thfloor.at> Reply-To: herbert@13thfloor.at Mail-Followup-To: Andrey Borzenkov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1377 Lines: 39 On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:22:13PM +0400, "Andrey Borzenkov" wrote: > > >> cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1 > > > > AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ... > > there is please provide the file and line number, where linux-2.6.0-test3 contains the string "cannot mount rootfs". (or where this string is synthesized) I am not able to locate it ... > > 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 already suggested that, but he says, it doesn't work either ... best, Herbert > - > 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/ - 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/