Re: failure to mount root fs

From: Marco Baan
Date: Mon Mar 29 2004 - 06:39:49 EST


> > VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
> > ...
> > kernel /boot/bzImage-2.6.4 ro root=LABEL=/
>
> The "LABEL=/" is the attempt to mount root filesystem by label, so you can
> move it to another disk. I find these "clever" things not mature yet and always replace it by an explicit device name (and don't move/replace root disk):
>
> kernel /boot/bzImage-2.6.4 ro root=/dev/hda2
>
> (this assumes that your root fs is on /dev/hda2, change it appropriately to match your situation)
>

Okay, changed it. Didnt make a difference however.

--
Marco Baan

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the smallest amount of thoughts."
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