Re: can't boot due to root device problem

[Bob Berman]

This would probably help. How do I get Grub to load initrd?
Or is this not a Grub problem? Thanks! I am getting closer.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Yuri Zaporogets wrote:

> 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
> > 
> > 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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