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Re: kernel panic: i have no root and i want to scream



On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 04:18:37PM +0900, Elijah wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> got this error upon booting to debian, here's some details on the boot
[snip]
> Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream
> -----------------------
> 
> here's my grub menu.lst
> ----------------------------
> title Debian 
>         root (hd0,1)
>         kernel /vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/ vga=788
> ----------------------------
> 
> I've reintalled Debian woody 3 times, and one with the default configs
> and still got the error. This series of errors occured right after a
> fresh repartition and reformat of my hd ... Help!

AFAIK, change to "kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda2 vga=788"

I'm not familiar with the "root=LABEL=/" syntax.  The root=<foo> should
translate <foo> into a device/partition name per Linux naming.

-- 
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