Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:22:03 +0100 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] make 2.5.49 mount root again for devfs users |
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>Does your patch break being able to mount root with things >like "root=/dev/discs/disc0/part9" >and/or "root=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/id0/lun0/part9"? For people with devfs >enable kernels those are valid boot entries and should not end up getting >broken needlessly.
I have devfs, and my /etc/lilo.conf contains this:
boot=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4
I haven't tried to put this in a command line option, but it works fine from lilo.
The reason fro the patch is that I couldn't boot with devfs anymore, I'd get a "panic: couldn't mount root at 03:04" or similiar, depending on which machine I used.
Now I don't get that, it just works.
Have you been able to boot a devfs-enabled 2.5.48 or later? On a machine where /dev is only a empty directory - a mountpoint for devfs use?
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