Bug#270326: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: bad commandline default: root=/dev/sda2

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 06:31:23AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sven Luther writes:
> 
> > Jens, i would greatly appreciate if you could investigate a bit (and
> > explain) what is going on on that box of yours,
> 
> What is going on is quite simple.  If I omit the root option from the
> kernel command line, the system panics.  If I set the option correctly
> (/dev/sda2 for the installed system, /dev/ram0 for d-i), everything
> works fine.

Can you provide a full serial log output ? Is the panic in question one
happening because it doesn't find the initrd, or something else ? How do you
boot, and with what ? Where do you create the initrd ? On the same box or
somewhere else ? what is the size of the initrd ? Could you try setting the
initrd options to MODULES=most or something such ? 

> Why this is happening is beyond my comprehension.

Yeah, but let's find out why this happens.

Friendly,

Sven Luther