Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423699AbWKFKTG (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:19:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423711AbWKFKTG (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:19:06 -0500 Received: from def92-3-81-56-114-101.fbx.proxad.net ([81.56.114.101]:49373 "EHLO barad-dur") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423699AbWKFKTD (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:19:03 -0500 To: Marc Perkel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: could not find filesystem /dev/root References: <454E95E1.2010708@perkel.com> From: Mathieu SEGAUD Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:18:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: <454E95E1.2010708@perkel.com> (Marc Perkel's message of "Sun\, 05 Nov 2006 17\:54\:41 -0800") Message-ID: <873b8wubcc.fsf@barad-dur.regala.cx> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 24 Vous m'avez dit r?cemment : > Trying to compile a new kernel and getting this on boot > > could not find filesystem /dev/root sure it doesn't spit only this to you. Does it panic ? and do FC6 kernels use an initrd (I guess so) ? > It boots up fine with the stock FC6 kernel. What am I missing? many reasons can prevent you from booting a vanilla kernel on modern distros try to figure out what is really exec'ed _after_ the kernel initialization and _before_ init execution (hint: initramfs) -- Mathieu Segaud - 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/