Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424553AbWKKLti (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:49:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424554AbWKKLti (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:49:38 -0500 Received: from mo-p07-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.189]:45737 "EHLO mo-p07-ob.rzone.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424553AbWKKLth (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:49:37 -0500 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:44:36 +0100 (MET) From: Olaf Hering To: jurriaan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wanted: more informative message if root device can't be found/mounted Message-ID: <20061111114436.GA10020@aepfle.de> References: <20061111085200.GA4167@amd64.of.nowhere> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061111085200.GA4167@amd64.of.nowhere> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 542 Lines: 14 On Sat, Nov 11, jurriaan wrote: > kernel panic - unable to mount root device 09:02 These numbers are the root cause. Use mount by filesystem UUID. On-disk content does unlikely change. And if it does, you have to reconfigure the bootloader anyway. All this luxury doesnt belong into the kernel. - 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/