From: Paul Dickson <dickson@permanentmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: wa1hco@adelphia.net, herbert@13thfloor.at, preining@logic.at,
Thomas Molina <tmolina@cablespeed.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:59:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030813095913.23c1e0a8.dickson@permanentmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0308121849220.5163-100000@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:52:50 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:
> > I'm getting the same sorts of error messages with grub. Here's the
> > grub.conf file...originally generated by a Redhat 9 install.
> >
> > 2.4.20 works with root=0303. But I've tried all the variants after root=
> > (03:03, 0303, hda3, /dev/hda3) and nothing works
> >
> > # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> > #
> > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> > # root (hd0,0)
> > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
> > # initrd /initrd-version.img
> > # boot=/dev/hda
> > # 2.6.0-test kernels apparently have bug
> > # in processing root=device names
> > # changed to major:minor where minor is letter*64 + partition number
> > # hdb1 = 03:65, hda3=03:03
> > # But, that didn't work for 2.4.20...trying 0303 now
>
> I have a hard time believing that 2.6.0-test kernels have this bug. There
> must be something else going on here. This is my grub.conf file:
If you're running RH9, try the non-kernel RPMs found at
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/
I haven't had any trouble getting 2.6.0-test started with these.
-Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-13 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-09 10:46 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs gaxt
2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-09 11:56 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-09 9:07 ` Norbert Preining
[not found] ` <20030809130641.A8174@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
[not found] ` <01a201c35e65$0536ef60$ee52a450@theoden>
2003-08-09 11:58 ` Henrik Storner
2003-08-09 13:48 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-08-09 14:48 ` gaxt
2003-08-09 14:38 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-08-09 15:19 ` DVD Problems 2.6.0-test3 & 2.6.0-test2-mm5 gaxt
2003-08-09 15:01 ` 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Henrik Ræder Clausen
2003-08-10 21:17 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-10 22:43 ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-11 5:34 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-11 14:59 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-11 15:40 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-11 18:53 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-11 21:50 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-11 22:21 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-12 1:52 ` Mark W. Alexander
2003-08-12 6:28 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-12 5:39 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-12 12:26 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-12 12:31 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-12 12:44 ` jeff millar
2003-08-12 23:52 ` Thomas Molina
2003-08-13 16:59 ` Paul Dickson [this message]
2003-08-14 4:09 ` jeff millar
2003-08-13 6:15 ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
2003-08-13 6:27 ` "Andrey Borzenkov"
2003-08-13 6:30 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-13 12:07 ` jeff millar
2003-08-13 12:30 ` Herbert Pötzl
[not found] ` <00bb01c36198$51cba650$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
2003-08-13 13:24 ` Herbert Pötzl
[not found] ` <009b01c362d5$13838b90$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
[not found] ` <20030815030013.GA9587@www.13thfloor.at>
[not found] ` <00a401c3632a$80dd2a20$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
[not found] ` <20030815132619.GB3695@www.13thfloor.at>
2003-08-16 0:34 ` 2.6.0-test3 _still_ " jeff millar
2003-08-16 15:00 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-13 13:24 ` SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 " Christian Mautner
2003-08-12 7:37 Daniel Blueman
2003-08-12 13:22 "Andrey Borzenkov"
2003-08-12 14:06 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-12 14:21 ` Christophe Saout
2003-08-12 13:23 "Andrey Borzenkov"
2003-08-12 20:43 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-13 5:17 ` "Andrey Borzenkov"
2003-08-12 14:16 "Andrey Borzenkov"
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