Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:00:37 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: booting without initrd |
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> I am trying to boot with 2.6.16 kernel at my desktop running fedora > core 4 . It does not boot without initrd generating the message "VFS: > can not open device "804" or unknown-block(8,4) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS:Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,4) > > I have disabled the module support & built in all modules/drivers for > ide/scsi/sata but it does not boot. I have to disable the module as I > need a statically built kernel. > Recently added patches that show you all filesystems should help identifying the cause. Maybe you still have something missing and the printk_all_partitions() patch could be helpful.
> If someone could describe the way to boot without initrd it will be great.
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