On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:45, Heinz Sporn wrote:
<snip>
> > When I boot w/ the grub floppy I do:
> >
> > grub> root (hd0,1)
> > Fs is ext2, part type 0x83
> > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6
> > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x120, size 0x1463b31]
<snip>
> > ...VFS: Cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown
> > block (0,0)
> > Please append correct "root" boot option
> > Kernel Panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
> > on unknown block (0,0)
In your /boot dir there should be a symlink called /boot which is linked
to /boot! So when you have a seperate partition for your /boot area,
using /boot/vmlinuz will stay valid through the entire boot process. So then
your second line can read...
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda? ...
^^^
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