Re: can't boot due to root device problem

[Mario Klebsch]

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On Sunday, 30. September 2001 01:13, Bob Berman wrote:

> 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

You did not include the device driver for block drvice major number 8
(the SCSI disk driver) into your kerne. So, it tries to load it as a
module, which fails, because the root fs is not mounted, yet.

Include the scsi device drivers (the driver for the adapter as well as
the driver for the SCSI disk devices and the ext2fs code) into your
kernel and the system will find its root partition.

BTW, this is not a GRUB problem but a misconfigured linux kernel. This
kernel would not be able to run on your system, if it is loaded by
other means (e.g. from disk or via etherboot). When I build a new
kernel, I always put it on a disk (make bzdisk) first, to see wether it
boots fine.

73, Mario
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