Hi When you install Promise proprietary driver 7.3, your lilo.conf will be updated with initrd= line. If not, you have to manually create an initial ramdisk image and edit lilo.conf. I explained all this in my HOWTO. Please read it, its too much to explain here On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 stefan.lange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Am 01.08.2002 02:35:24, schrieb Murty Rompalli <murty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > I dont know what initrd line you mean. > > Here is my lilo.conf > > prompt > timeout=50 > default=linux > boot=/dev/sda1 > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > message=/boot/message > lba32 > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 > label=linux > read-only > root=/dev/sda1 > > > I also tried to add the append line: > append="ide2=0x9000,0x8802,10 ide3,0x8800,0x8402,10" > > But i never add an initrd line. > Could you tell me what you mean. > > Thanx for your help. > Stefan > > > >Hi > >Do you have correct lilo.conf and valid files for initrd= in that? As per > >your dmesg output, does it even load Promise Driver succesfully ? > > > >Murty > > > >On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 stefan.lange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> Hi everybody, > >> > >> i asked for help by installing redhat 7.2 on asus a7v133. > >> > >> I have read murtys howto, but the i cant boot from my /dev/sda1 partition. > >> Can someone tell me why ??? > >> > >> I get always the error message > >> VFS: Cannot open boot device "801" or 08:01 > >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option > >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 > >> > >> What is the problem ?? > >> Should i add the append line in /etc/lilo.conf ?? I also tried using dos fdisk instead of linux fdisk. > >> Also i tried using lilo.2.2.3.. but nothing helps. > >> > >> Please i worked now for over one week on this problem. > >> > >> Thanx > >> Stefan > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >
