Re: problem mounting root under 2.4.0

Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] I suspect the problem is related to loading the aic7xxx.o module, but the relevant messages have scrolled off the top of the screen. I tried setting the VGA mode to extended to give me 50 lines of output, but even though "lilo -q -v" shows "

problem mounting root under 2.4.0

I'm unable to boot a 2.4.0 kernel on a system that's been running 2.2.18. It fails early in boot with the following messages: request-module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mo