On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Mark E Mason wrote: > Linux version 2.6.28-rc6 (mason@hawaii) (gcc version 3.4.4) #4 Wed Nov 26 13:59:54 PST 2008 > arcs_cmdline='root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.1.184:/home/mason/debian-root-el console=ttyS0,115200'<6>console [early0] enabled [...] > VFS: Cannot open root device "nfs" or unknown-block(0,255) > 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(0,255) For NFS root to work you have to specify an "ip=" option too, so that a network interface gets assigned an address somehow. The default for this option was changed to "off" at some point with no respective update to documentation apparently. Maciej
