Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:41:11 +0000
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@treblig.org>
To: jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wanted: more informative message if root device can't be found/mounted
Message-ID: <20061111144111.GA28206@gallifrey>
References: <20061111085200.GA4167@amd64.of.nowhere>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20061111085200.GA4167@amd64.of.nowhere>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
Content-Length: 1147
Lines: 29

* jurriaan (thunder7@xs4all.nl) wrote:

> When the kernel mentions it can't mount the root device, all information
> about the 12 harddisks in this system has long scrolled off the screen.
> 
> It would be really nice to see something like this:
> 
> kernel panic - unable to mount root device 09:02
> Possible devices:

I posted a patch to do this about 18 months ago against 2.6.11rc5:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110946077026065&w=2

As people have pointed out the other problem is the lack of scroll
back after panic; if you have a reasonable number of partitions
then it is a pain.

Dave
-- 
 -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code -------   
/ Dr. David Alan Gilbert    | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy  \ 
\ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex /
 \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org   |_______/
-
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/