On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:11:42AM +0100, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > Package: initrd-tools > Version: 0.1.74 > Severity: wishlist > > I'd like to see some warning, if /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev is equal 0. > That > means no root device was found and the message would be very helpful. > > I've spend an hour trying to reboot the kernel 2.6 with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p2 > parameter. I didn't know the kernel doesn't understand such parameter > and I've found the real reason by my own inspection in initrd's mini-shell.
That sounds reasonable, though I am not sure where you would want the warning to go. Perhaps a patch would help illustrate the idea. Thanks -- Horms
