Hi Ralf, I added the ":" at the end. It is still not working. I get the same error: VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) Do I have to set any special config. info in the the kernel config beside the NFS support? On 8/8/07, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:18:51PM +0200, Mohamed Bamakhrama wrote: > > > Hi list, > > I have a Malta board for which I was able to build the kernel, load it > > and start it. The problem comes when it tries to boot through the NFS. > > > > I start the kernel with the following command: > > go . nfsroot=192.168.1.1/mnt/danube_rootfs ip=192.168.1.4:192.168.1.1::: > ^^ there should be a `:' following the IP. > > Ralf > -- Mohamed A. Bamakhrama Am Schaeferanger 15, room 035 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany Email: bamakhra@xxxxxxxxxx Web: http://home.cs.tum.edu/~bamakhra/ Mobile: +49-160-9349-2711