Messages in this thread | | | From | "jeff millar" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs | Date | Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:44:43 -0400 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Pötzl" <herbert@13thfloor.at> To: "Norbert Preining" <preining@logic.at> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs > > I would suggest to give append="root=/dev/hdb1" a try, > and/or update lilo or change to grub ... >
I'm getting the same sorts of error messages with grub. Here's the grub.conf file...originally generated by a Redhat 9 install.
2.4.20 works with root=0303. But I've tried all the variants after root= (03:03, 0303, hda3, /dev/hda3) and nothing works
# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /initrd-version.img # boot=/dev/hda # 2.6.0-test kernels apparently have bug # in processing root=device names # changed to major:minor where minor is letter*64 + partition number # hdb1 = 03:65, hda3=03:03 # But, that didn't work for 2.4.20...trying 0303 now # default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-test3) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3 ro root=03:03 # initrd /initrd-2.6.0-test3.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.9) root (hd0,0) Kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9 ro root=0303 initrd /initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=/dev/hda3 initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img
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