Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:10:21 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Panic, root fs.. |
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Hi Dan.
>>>>> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01 >>>>> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
>>>> You forgot to compile your SCSI driver into the kernel
>>> Perhaps the kernel could be a bit more verbose here.
>> And what *should* it say?
> In the case of -ENODEV, the kernel would spit out
> <QUOTE> > Kernel Panic: Couldnt mount /dev/sda1 on root fs, perhaps you forgot to > compile in scsi support? > </QUOTE>
Several have already dealt with why this won't work, so I won't add to it...
> An alternative would be for "make zImage" or lilo to bitch at > you that you dont have kernel modules/kernel support for the > root device.
How does "make zImage" or "make bzImage" know what the root device is anyway? Remember that the machine we're compiling on may not be the target machine - and we may even be compiling a kernel with which to netboot some machines without any drives of their own...
Best wishes from Riley.
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