The rdev setting is only used in the kernel image when none is given to the kernel by loadlin lilo grub silo or another loader. The rdev bytes in the kernel are for if you bring the kernel up off a floppy with no boot loader it knows what the default root device is. Regards, Kerry On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:38:46AM +1100, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi: > > hmmmm. OK, does it actually end up booting or does it grind to a halt? I > would have thought that you'd need to do a rdev on the kernel so that it > would use the hard drive as the root device as opposed to the floppy, but > I've never used redhat. You out there, Bill? > > Geoff. > > > -- > Geoff Shang <gshang10 at scu.edu.au> > ICQ number 43634701 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry at emusys.com.au kerry at gotss.spice.net.au or khoath at lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 62823451