Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Nils Ohlmeier <lists@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Cc: Francois LE BEC <francois.a.lebec@×××××××.net>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] need help
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:38:39
Message-Id: 20020119183956.934101EB56@alderan.ohlmeier.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] need help by Francois LE BEC
1 >
2 > If I try to boot from the CDROM (no other choice), then I might enter the
3 > right command to boot.. but I got an kernel panik instead.
4 >
5 > I tried linux root=/dev/sda1 It doesn't work because I got:
6 >
7 > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or 08:01
8 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
9 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
10
11 To boot from CD with a SCSI device as root will only work if you load scsi
12 moudles because their are no scsi hardware modules in the kernel.
13
14 Greetings
15 Nils
16
17 P.S.: I suggest the gentoo-user list for those questions.