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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12  7:37 Daniel Blueman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Blueman @ 2003-08-12  7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Norbert,

Try changing the entry in /etc/fstab from 'LABEL=/' to '/dev/hda' (sda, hdb,
etc) as appropriate.

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12 14:16 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-12 14:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

>> 
>> > > cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
>> > 
>> > AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ...
>> 
>> there is
>
> please provide the file and line number, where
> linux-2.6.0-test3 contains the string "cannot mount rootfs".
> (or where this string is synthesized)
> I am not able to locate it ...

oops, I actualy meant "Cannot open root device". Apparently the
above is synthesized message :)



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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12 13:23 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  2003-08-12 20:43 ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-12 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Norbert Preining" ; +Cc: linux-kernel

> 	cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
> I have compile in (of course) the filesystems of my root fs (ext3)

and you have tried to add rootfstype=ext3?

-andrey


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12 13:22 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  2003-08-12 14:06 ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-12 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: herbert; +Cc: linux-kernel


>>        cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
>
> AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ...

there is


> if, on the other hand, the message looks like ...
>
> -----------
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> -----------

he does not pass it in append line. He is using root= option in lilo.
actually my lilo does pass "root=341" in this case while the above means lilo omits any root= command line option and relies on compiled-in ROOT_DEV





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* 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-09 10:46 gaxt
  2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 35+ messages in thread
From: gaxt @ 2003-08-09 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: preining, linux-kernel

 > I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1
 > which is the root fs.

Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341


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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 15:01     ` 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
2003-08-14  4:09                             ` jeff millar

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