Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:59:46 +0100 | From | Guest section DW <> | Subject | Re: can't boot without "root=..." on kernel cmdline |
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 08:14:53PM +0100, almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch wrote: > Jesse Pollard wrote: > > umm. The last time I got this type of error it was because I had just gotten > > my SCSI controler and copied the kernel to the new disk from an IDE system > > disk.... > > Then it would have said something like > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:01 > not > VFS: Cannot open root device 00:80 > > No, this doesn't look like the average mis-configuration.
Indeed. When I saw this, my first idea was overflow of some area, so that rootdev was overwritten. Specifying it explicitly on the command line would then fix things.
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