Re: booting from RH cd

From: Mr. James W. Laferriere (babydr@baby-dragons.com)
Date: Fri Nov 23 2001 - 20:16:54 EST


        Hello G.L. , try /tmp instead of /dev for the device directory .
                Hth , JimL

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, G.L. Grobe wrote:

> Because of previous problems, I've just decided to reinstall and bood from a
> RH6.2 cd. But when I give the following cmd ...
>
> >>> boot dka0 -fi /kernels/generic.gz -fl root=/dev/scd0
>
> This find the cd rom but results in ...
> ...
> Partition Check
> VFS: Cannot open root device 0b:00
> Kernel Panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 0b:00
>
> Am I not using the correct dev?
>
> Any help much appreciated?
>
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