Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262102AbVBPWPH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:15:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262104AbVBPWPH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:15:07 -0500 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.194]:41310 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262102AbVBPWPC (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:15:02 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=dvj+Vi79UwwkYBZQMWrEP1LmMeVLDdeFjdcijHfF7qJkSD6SFlZXGTH4C2IA01cZL2Dg+72/WKSlbg1tMTSwVbgbDAWoXCSYN8Hr4ofFQ8tQ6/9B4FDqjwMRbm2rznxyY2SpqOa4ZdJmM1PwgtPHAJfSR05OzSIHxe5UKSw2/Mw= Message-ID: <5b64f7f05021614153eed0536@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:15:01 -0500 From: Rahul Karnik Reply-To: Rahul Karnik To: govind raj Subject: Re: Customized 2.6.10 kernel on a Compact Flash Cc: roland@topspin.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <52vf8sw6no.fsf@topspin.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 697 Lines: 17 > The GRUB detects the CF hard disk as > hda0 when we boot the embedded board and so in both the kernel parameter in > grub.conf as well as in the inittab file we have / (root) marked as > /dev/hda0. Grub and the kernel number things differently. In particular, grub numbers partitions starting at 0, while the kernel starts at 1. So while you would use "root (hd0,0" for grub, the kernel commandline would be "root=/dev/hda1". Hope this helps, Rahul - 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/