I got two replies to my posting, I'll answer them both here, hope
it's not confusing.
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:59:42 -0700 Chris Tillman wrote:
you un-checked the root ramdisk checkbox
Yes.
and added "root=/dev/hda8" to the boot arguments box, right?
Well, there is a special box for naming the root device. I used that.
Other than that, all I can suggest is re-booting the installation
system, executing a shell, and using e2fsck in the installer to check
the filesystem integrity on /dev/hda8. Although, it looks like it's
not finding the partition at all.
I have repartitioned the hard drive now and changed the order of
partitions. The root is now at /dev/hda3. Still not working. I'll try
e2fsck when I get home.
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:31:59 +0200 Michel Lanners wrote:
> request_module[block-major.3]: Root fs not mounted.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
request_module? Does that mean your kernel doesn't inlcude a driver for
IDE (major 3)? What kernel are you trying to boot?
I have the official cd set, and use linux.bin in the
disks-powerpc/current/powermac folder, as mentioned in section 4.4.1
in the installation manual. I also tried vmlinux in the
install/powermac folder (I think), with the same result.
Can you try and boot that same kernel from BootX with a ramdisk, and
once it's running, do a 'cat /proc/devices'?
I will try.
Thanks a lot,
Patrik Nyman
