Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Mar 10 2005 - 11:11:49 EST


On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote:
> Here's what it is doing... looks like the first mount is failing
>
> echo Creating root device
> mkrootdev /dev/root
> umount /sys
> echo Mounting root filesystem
> mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/root /sysroot
> mount -t tmpfs --bind /dev /sysroot/dev
> echo Switching to new root
> switchroot /sysroot
> umount /initrd/dev

what are the major/minor numbers of /dev/root?

--
Jens Axboe

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