Re: [ILUG] Strange boot problem

From: Philip Trickett (philipt at domain informatic.ie)
Date: Wed 26 May 1999 - 15:42:46 IST


Dave Rynne wrote:

> ) In reply to Philip Trickett's flatulent wordings,

How apt, I've just got over a case of food poisining.

>
> ) > Request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> ) > Vfs: cannot open root device 08:21
> ) > Kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs on 08:21
> )
> ) Duh... I hope you haven't the device your rootfs on compiled as a module
>
> Kinda difficult not to when you've a SCSI controller and are just after
> installing RHL.
>
> Dave
>

Sorted it. Forgot to put a root=/dev/hdb1 in my lilo.conf.

I thought it did not need this by default.

Phil

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