* Re: [gentoo-dev] need help [not found] <000a01c1a117$fd9bcb10$210a10ac@sniffer> @ 2002-01-19 18:40 ` Nils Ohlmeier 2002-01-21 12:50 ` Damaen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Nils Ohlmeier @ 2002-01-19 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-dev; +Cc: Francois LE BEC > > If I try to boot from the CDROM (no other choice), then I might enter the > right command to boot.. but I got an kernel panik instead. > > I tried linux root=/dev/sda1 It doesn't work because I got: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or 08:01 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 To boot from CD with a SCSI device as root will only work if you load scsi moudles because their are no scsi hardware modules in the kernel. Greetings Nils P.S.: I suggest the gentoo-user list for those questions. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-dev] need help [not found] <000a01c1a117$fd9bcb10$210a10ac@sniffer> 2002-01-19 18:40 ` [gentoo-dev] need help Nils Ohlmeier @ 2002-01-21 12:50 ` Damaen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Damaen @ 2002-01-21 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-dev After you make sure the scsi drivers are loaded, you will need to pass root=/dev/sda6, not sda1. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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