Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:13:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | Chuck Lever <> | Subject | Re: can't mount root fs (2.3.19) |
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Peter Daum wrote: > I am currently running kernel version 2.2.12 without major > problems. When I try to boot kernel 2.3.19, it always stops with > the message "unable to mount root fs on 03:06". I can't think of > any reason why this is happening: the partitions are listed > correctly in the partition check, partition 03:06 ("/dev/hda6") > contains the root filesystem, the ext2 driver is compiled into > the kernel ... > > I looked around in the documentation and particularly in the > kernel configuration options but I can't spot any change from > 2.2.12 that would explain this problem. Did I overlook something? > I obviously did, but what? Anybody has a clue?
can you tell us your hardware configuration? (e.g. SCSI ?)
does the symptom recur if you explicitly specify your root partition with the "root= " option on the LILO command line?
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