Re: Root Mount Problem

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

Rossen Naydenov <rnaydenov@creditreform.bg> wrote:
>boot=/dev/hda7
>root=/dev/hda7
>
>But when it starts it says :
>unable to mount root fs ob 30:7b
>cannot open root device at 30:7b
>
>But if on the boot prompt I say root=/dev/hda7 everything is OK

30:7b is ... weird. Did you run '/sbin/lilo -v' after changing
/etc/lilo.conf?

The 'boot' parameter might well want to be your MBR, yes, although it's
possible to install LILO on a partition. The LILO manual
(/usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz) has a fairly exhaustive discussion
of the possibilities, and it depends what other operating systems you're
trying to boot as well. Installing it in the MBR might disrupt other
operating systems' boot loaders.

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]