Re: loadlin...
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:45:12 -0500, smarks@digisolutions.com wrote:
>Partition check:
> hda hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 >
>VFS: Cannot open root device 08:02
>Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root rs on 08:02
>
>If someone could explain the meaning of this message I'd appreciate it.
>Note: I have / partition at hda6 already configured.
Root device "08:02" means major 8 (SCSI hd), minor 2, which is equivalent to
/dev/sda2. This is the root filesystem the kernel tries to mount.
Start loadlin like this:
loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6
(If that doesn't work look into loadlin's docs. I'm not sure anymore whether
you can pass the "cleartext" root filesystem name, or whether you have to
specify major/minor 0306 for /dev/hda6.)
Ralf
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