Re: Initrd or Cdrom as root

Tigran Aivazian (tigran@veritas.com)
Tue, 14 May 2002 18:41:21 +0100 (BST)


did you forget to pass "rootcd=1" in the boot command line?

When the kernel boots it shows the command line like this:

Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nopae ro root=305 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 rootcd=1

What does it look like in your case?

On Tue, 14 May 2002, Dead2 wrote:

> I tested the patch, but it still does not work..
>
> These are the error messages I get:
> (lines 1,2,3,6 and 7 are prolly not relevant)
>
> ---
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.016.
> 3w-xxxx: No cards with valid units found.
> request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted
> request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted
> pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.3
> cpqphp.o: Compaq Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version 0.9.6
> VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 48:03
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 48:03
> ---
>
> I have compiled in a lot of scsi drivers that are not used, so
> the kernel will be able to boot on just about any system.
> The cdrom on the test computer is on /dev/hdc. But I have
> also tested it on several other computers with no luck.
>
> Attached: My kernel .config
>
> -=Dead2=-
>

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