On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 10:42:19AM +0100, Marc Coevoet wrote: > > Op 6-nov-05 om 09:48 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven: > > > > >So, are you installing a new machine, trying to take-over a messed up > >install, > >trying to use a debian kernel on a YDL root, trying to upgrade your > >kernel ? > > > > complete new install.
Ok. > Could it be that my scsi does not spin up, due to a dip switch setting > ??? > (I checked "force scsi on" in BootX) > > VFS: cannot open root device "sda2" or unknown block(0,0) > please append a correct root= option ... > kernel panic .. > > But the option root=/dev/sda2 is the right option ??? No, you don't need any such option, or you need the root=/dev/mem or root=/dev/ram option, since you want to boot from the ramdisk. The root=/dev/sd* will only be needed for the post-install reboot, and if you are lucky, quik will do the right thing for you and you will not even need to worry. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
