Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 20 Jan 1997 03:32:09 -0800 (PST) | From | Trevor Johnson <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.21: unable to mount root fs |
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B. James Phillippe wrote: > > I'm trying to use 2.1.21 with modutils-970118. I've applied the > patch and built the kernel without a hitch, but when I boot, I get a > kernel panic to the effect: VFS: unable to mount root fs. 2.1.20 boots > fine. [...] > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=m > CONFIG_FAT_FS=m > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m > CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m
You have to have support for the root filesystem built into the kernel, not as a module. ___ Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
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