Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Dec 2002 02:11:52 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [2.5.51] Failure to mount ext3 root when ext2 compiled in |
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Mohamed El Ayouty wrote: > > Hi, > > This sounds more like the bug I have opened: > > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110 > > where if CONFIG_DEVFS_FS = Y and CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT = Y, you will get: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or 03:02 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 > > I worked around it by enabling CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS = Y under the > character devices. > > But, a recent update to the bug shows that a patch was posted but nobody > cared. > > Personally, I think the patch should be merged.
You mean this one?
http://www.lkml.org/archive/2002/12/13/50/index.html
It appears to simply disable internal mounting of devfs.
In which kernel did this problem first appear? There were devfs changes in 2.5.51. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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