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>>>>> "David" == Relson, David <david.relson@×××××××××.com> writes: |
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David> When I boot with "linux root=/dev/sda1", I get the following |
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David> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0) |
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David> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available |
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David> partitions: |
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David> 0300 1000944 hda driver: ide-gd |
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David> 0301 142096 hda1 |
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David> 0302 856800 hda2 |
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David> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on |
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David> unknown-block(0,0) |
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David> Evidently /dev/sda1 hasn't yet mounted. The boot process runs into the |
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David> same problem when I use /dev/sda or /dev/sda2 for "root=". |
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David> In the past I've seen similar kernel panics when the kernel lacks the |
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David> proper disk driver. Since the system boots fine from the DOM, I believe |
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David> my kernel has all the device drivers built in (except scsi_wait_scan.ko |
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David> which is a module). |
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David> How do I fix the boot problem? Anybody familiar with this problem and |
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David> have a recommendation or, even better, a solution? |
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You might want to pass "rootdelay=5" (seconds), or "rootwait" for |
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newer kernels (don't know when the latter was introduced). |
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Joerg |
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