Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 1999 02:12:27 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Panic, root fs.. |
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On 17 Aug 1999, Sam Vilain wrote: > Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> writes: > > > > VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01 > > > > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 > > > You forgot to compile your SCSI driver into the kernel > > Perhaps the kernel could be a bit more verbose here. > And what *should* it say?
In the case of -ENODEV, the kernel would spit out
<QUOTE> Kernel Panic: Couldnt mount /dev/sda1 on root fs, perhaps you forgot to compile in scsi support? </QUOTE>
An alternative would be for "make zImage" or lilo to bitch at you that you dont have kernel modules/kernel support for the root device.
-Dan
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