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Re: Luck with sarge-i386.netinst.iso?



On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:04:04 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> 
> Result is something that does not boot:
> 
> Kernel panic: can't find root at 03:46.
> 
> Has anybody got better luck with that great idea?
> 
> Hugo.
> 
> BTW: what does 03:46 refer to? Some sort of /dev entry?
> Did not find much info at linux.debian.maint.boot

First IDE Block interface (that's the 03), Master (<64), partition 46.

In legacy /dev terms, that would be: /dev/hda46

If you're using devfs: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part46

Reference:
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Kernel Documentation: src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt

-- 
....................paul

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting
to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we
know we know.  We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we
know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown
unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."

- Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, Winner of British Plain
  English Campaign's 2003 "Foot in Mouth" award.




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