Re: can't boot due to root device problem

[Felix Miata]

Bob Berman wrote:
 
> I installed a new SCSI hard disk in my system and installed
> SuSe 7.2 on it. I am trying to use GRUB to boot this system
> but it is not working and I can not understand why not.
 
> I have a SCSI disk - id 0 - sda - already in the box that has
> Linux on it. I have installed LILO in the MBR and this boots
> fine.
 
> My new SCSI disk is id 1 - sdb - and this is the partitioning:
> /dev/sdb1 - /boot (ext2fs)
> /dev/sdb2 - swap
> /dev/sdb3 - / (ext2fs)
> /dev/sdb4 - LVM partition (/opt /home /var)
 
> I try to boot it with the
> following commands:
 
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb3
> boot

Looks to me like you should use instead 'root (hd1,2)'.
 
> When I boot Linux, the error I get is:
 
> request_module[block major-8]: root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device "sbd3" or 08:13
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:13

> I am absolutely sure that my root partition is /dev/sdb3.

/dev/sdb3 is not (hd1,0)

> What is going on and how can I get it to work?
> I am using grub 0.90, by the way.
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