Hi Bahadir, On 6/20/07, Bahadir Balban <bahadir.balban@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I am trying to mount /dev/hda0 (the first partition on /dev/hda) as my ext3 root filesystem during boot. Even though I can mount this partition after boot and successfully see the files on it, (using "mount -text3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk1" and hda1 with major 3, minor 1) the same partition cannot be mounted as the root filesystem during boot. I get the error: VFS: Cannot open root device "0x301" or unknown-block(3,1) VFS: Cannot open root device "0x301" or unknown-block(3,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Please append a correct "root=" boot option <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1) Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1) In kernel bootargs, I tried root=/dev/hda0, /dev/hda1 and also root=0x301 (major 3, minor 1) to mount it.
I don't think giving the major and minor numbers as parameters is allowed at all.
It should have just worked. Any idea why it doesn't?
Typically, this is how you would pass the option : root=/dev/hda1 Look at your /etc/fstab file to see if a Label has been defined for your root partition. If it is, typically systems will have the following entry : root=LABEL=/ There's no such thing as /dev/hda0. Also, another common cause for this Kernel panic is building an ext3 filesystem as a module and NOT statically linked to the kernel. If you know how to build the kernel , make sure you change the EXT3 Filesystem option from "m" to "y". Thanks, Raseel www.opensourcedeal.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
