Re: can't mount root fs (2.3.19)
Chuck Lever (cel@monkey.org)
Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:13:47 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Peter Daum wrote:
> I am currently running kernel version 2.2.12 without major
> problems. When I try to boot kernel 2.3.19, it always stops with
> the message "unable to mount root fs on 03:06". I can't think of
> any reason why this is happening: the partitions are listed
> correctly in the partition check, partition 03:06 ("/dev/hda6")
> contains the root filesystem, the ext2 driver is compiled into
> the kernel ...
>
> I looked around in the documentation and particularly in the
> kernel configuration options but I can't spot any change from
> 2.2.12 that would explain this problem. Did I overlook something?
> I obviously did, but what? Anybody has a clue?
can you tell us your hardware configuration? (e.g. SCSI ?)
does the symptom recur if you explicitly specify your root partition with
the "root= " option on the LILO command line?
- Chuck Lever
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