* Re: [gentoo-dev] need help
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@ 2002-01-19 18:40 ` Nils Ohlmeier
2002-01-21 12:50 ` Damaen
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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.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] need help
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2002-01-19 18:40 ` [gentoo-dev] need help Nils Ohlmeier
@ 2002-01-21 12:50 ` Damaen
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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.
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