Re: can't boot due to root device problem

[Yuri Zaporogets]

Hello.

On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:57:17AM +0200, Mario Klebsch wrote:

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

Probably he forgot to load a RAM-disk (initrd) where all those modules
are initializing ;-)

73!
 
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Sincerely,
Yuri Zaporogets

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