On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 07:58:26PM +0100, David Chanters wrote: > sudo ~/linux-2.6.25/linux devfs=nomount load_ramdisk=1 > ramdisk_size=30000 mem=128m initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 > ubd0=root_fs ubd1=/home/david/debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso ubd2=/cdrom
BTW, most distro installers aren't too UML-friendly. You'll need to understand what the installer needs and how UML provides it in order to make progress. > No filesystem could mount root, tried: reiserfs ext3 ext2 iso9660 romfs > fuseblk > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(1,0) Here, it appears that the UML kernel doesn't support whatever filesystem is in the netinst.iso. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user