Re: root device name w/kernel-image
Hello
Drew Scott Daniels wrote:
> With the kernel image from a disk (2.4.20-bf2.4) and the root device set
> to /dev/hda1 my "computer" boots up fine. With newer 2.4 kernel images
> (kernel-image-2.4-386, kernel-image-2.4.21-1-386
> kernel-image-2.4.21-2-386) I can't seem to boot.
>
> I've tried:
> root=/dev/hda1
> root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
> root=/dev/discs/disc0/part1
>
> I tried these with and without the devfsd package installed and there
> didn't seem to be a difference.
>
> The kernel books but says it's unable to mount the root filesystem.
Do the other kernels maybe come with an initrd, but your bootloader is not
configured to use it?
BTW, you can disable devfs support at boottime by passing the parameter
"devfs=nomount" to the kernel.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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