Re: Kernel Panic, root fs..

[Werner Almesberger]

Tim Ricketts wrote:
> This can be changed with rdev or overridden by putting root=/dev/whatever
> on your kernel command line which lilo does if you specify root=/dev/whatever
> in lilo.conf.

I'd suggest to simply use
root = current
in the global section of lilo.conf. "current" refers to what is the root
file system at the time /sbin/lilo is run, taking into account lilo -r,
etc.

RedHat 6.0 puts explicit  root = /dev/whatever  entries into the
per-image sections of lilo.conf, which is also correct, but then you
have to remember to copy that line if your kernel comes from a machine
with a different partition layout. (Yes, it bit me twice last week,
that's why I know ;-)

- Werner

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