retitle 383486 update-grub provides broken root boot param for DAC960 reassign 383486 grub thanks
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 06:36:28PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 17 August 2006 17:37, Tim Small wrote: > > Following installation of Etch, using the Beta 3 installer (netinst CD > > image), installation runs to completion without error, on reboot, grub > > appears fine, and the kernel loads, but during boot hangs with > > something like "waiting for root filesystem". The root partition is on > > a Mylex DAC960PRL RAID controller, and there is no sign of the relevant > > module being loaded during boot. > > > > PCI vendor ID for the device is: 0x1069 > > PCI device ID for the device is: 0x0010 > > > > I presume the problem lies in the initramfs, but I can't easily get > > into the system to dig around further... > > > > grub boot options are: > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686 root=/dev/rd!c0d0p2 ro > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-686 please try to boot with root=/dev/rd/c0d0p2 the exclamation point was already wrongly added in the past for cciss and ida block devices. please post if that cures your problem? thanks for feedback -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
