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Re: Indy R5000 error?



Scott Carmichael wrote:
> Does anyone know what could cause this error when booting linux on an
> Indy R5000 for the first time?

Depends on what 'first time' means.

> "kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01"

You have no working root fs on the first partition of your first SCSI
drive. :-) I've seen this happen when booting from a tftpimage without
'root=/dev/ram' parameter, and also at the reboot after installation
if the environment aren't set right.

The installation documentation explains both, IIRC.


Thiemo



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