On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:52:28AM -0500, Jeff Dike wrote: Hi Jeff, > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:58:35AM -0700, Yu Yang wrote: > > UML reports errors similar to below: > > > > [42949373.440000] VFS: Cannot open root device "ubd" or unknown-block(0,0) > > [42949373.440000] Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > [42949373.440000] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs > > on unknown-block(0,0) > > Looks like you don't have the ubd driver configured. Run > linux --showconfig | grep UBD > > If that doesn't show BLK_DEV_UBD configured, mrproper the tree, then run > defconfig ARCH=um before building it.
may it be that he did not specified correctly the identifier of the user block dev? I mean he should have run: # linux root=/dev/ubd0 not # linux root=/dev/ubd It is only a hypothesis! Cheers SteX -- Stefano Melchior, GPG key = D52DF829 - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://etinarcadiaego.dyndns.org -- http://www.stex.name
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