Re: mkboot

[Keith O'Connell <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk>]

> I wanted to make a boot disk, prior to experimenting with the compiling of kernels.
> 
> I ran mkboot /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7, and the disk was created.
> 
> I rebooted and the floppy started to boot up, until it hit a kernel panic. The error message was;
> 
> 	Root fs not mounted
> 	VPS: Cannot open root device "303" or 03:03
> 	Please append a correct "root=" boot option 
> 	Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:03
> 
> Fair enough I thought. I went to the lilo.conf that was on the floppy disk to add "root = /dev/hda3" to the file, only to find it was already there!
> 
> So I don't know why the mkboot is giving me a floppy boot disk that fails. Can I have some guidance here?

I have now worked out the answer to this and feel a bit silly.	(doh!)