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SubjectRe: root= needs hex in 2.6.0-test1-mm2
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 01:56:40AM -0500, Tom Felker wrote:
> I finally booted 2.6.0-test1-mm2, after reading somebody else who needed to
> use hex in the root= argument. root=/dev/hdb1 and root=hdb2 would panic
> ("VFS: Cannot open root device hdb1 or unknown-block(0,0)"), but root=0341
> worked. Devfs is compiled in, devfs=nomount and devfs=mount make no
> difference. Is this intentional?

Yes. If you use devfs you have to use devfs names for root=. It's
pretty simple. Best option of course is to avoid devfs.

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