Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:37:57 +0100 (GMT) | From | Tim Ricketts <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Panic, root fs.. |
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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> "Mike A. Harris" wrote: > > > > and /lib/modules. I then edit lilo.conf and tell it about the > > new kernel. I don't run rdev, or any other such thing. The > > kernels ALWAYS boot properly, and if I move them to a totally > > different machine, they still work correctly. > > > > How do you get away with that? The last time I tried that, the other > machine had the kernel panic, couldn't open initial console, etc...so I > ran rdev on it to set the root device, and have been doing it that way > since.
By default the kernel has the root device wherever it was when you compiled it. This can be changed with rdev or overridden by putting root=/dev/whatever on your kernel command line which lilo does if you specify root=/dev/whatever in lilo.conf.
-- Tim Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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