On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:45:12 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Partition check: > hda hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 > >VFS: Cannot open root device 08:02 >Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root rs on 08:02 > >If someone could explain the meaning of this message I'd appreciate it. >Note: I have / partition at hda6 already configured.
Root device "08:02" means major 8 (SCSI hd), minor 2, which is equivalent to /dev/sda2. This is the root filesystem the kernel tries to mount. Start loadlin like this: loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 (If that doesn't work look into loadlin's docs. I'm not sure anymore whether you can pass the "cleartext" root filesystem name, or whether you have to specify major/minor 0306 for /dev/hda6.) Ralf -- Ralf G. R. Bergs * Welkenrather Str. 100/102 * 52074 Aachen * Germany +49-241-876892, +49-241-877776 (fax) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP ok!
