On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:57:00AM -0500, John David Anglin wrote: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block(0,0) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: > > DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is enabled, you need to specify explicit textual name for "root=" boot option. > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > Rebooting in 5 seconds.. > > I would guess this is because the kernel is in the palo partition. 2.6.27 > doesn't have this problem... I'm not seeing this with 2.6.28-rc3 or 2.6.28-rc5. But I don't have DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT enabled either. The palo partition is just another ext2 filesystem from the kernel point of view. Maybe the full device pathname (e.g. root=/dev/sda3) is required? It fully failed to associate sda3 with a known block device. hth, grant -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
