Re: How to begin ?

[staf wagemakers <staf@digibel.org>]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:15:08PM +0200, Bas Benschop wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have followed this howto, but it refuses to mount the root fs.
> 
> The server exports the directory with the root-fs (I can mount it on
> another machine) but is not contacted at all by the Indy.
> 
> After booting the kernel, the Indy shows the message:
> Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream
> 
> I tried several boot commands, but nothing changes.
> 
> What can be wrong?

Try to add 
 
  option root-path "/indy"

to your dhcp configuration. I'm not a Linux/Mips expert ( I've only installed
one Indy ) so this is just a wild guess.

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Staf Wagemakers

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