> "Mike A. Harris" wrote:
> >
> > and /lib/modules. I then edit lilo.conf and tell it about the
> > new kernel. I don't run rdev, or any other such thing. The
> > kernels ALWAYS boot properly, and if I move them to a totally
> > different machine, they still work correctly.
> >
>
> How do you get away with that? The last time I tried that, the other
> machine had the kernel panic, couldn't open initial console, etc...so I
> ran rdev on it to set the root device, and have been doing it that way
> since.
By default the kernel has the root device wherever it was when you
compiled it. 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.
-- Tim Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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