Re: cannot open root device "801"

[Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:45:27 -0800, Eric N. Valor <ericv@cruzio.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel.  Now I can no longer boot my
> system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or
> unknown-block(8,1)".
> 
> I am using a Symbios SCSI card without any IDE devices (save the CDROM)
> in my system.  My lilo.conf properly identifies the boot device and root
> device ("boot=/dev/sda" and "root=/dev/sda1").  The SCSI drivers are
> compiled directly into the kernel, and the devices are all seen on
> bootup.
> 
> My previous 2.6.8 kernel boots, but not this one.  The only change I
> made was to enable HFS filesystem (so I can play with my new iPod).
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

Are you sure you need to compile a kernel yourself to use HFS? With
the Debian 2.6.8 binary image, what's the result of "modinfo hfsplus"
and "modinfo hfs"?


Andrea