Am Montag 03 November 2008 13:07:11 schrieb ext David Relson:

> Have you tried root=/dev/sda7, i.e. "s" rather than "h", in lilo?  My
> understanding is that disk driver changes in the kernel have resulted
> in the replacement of IDE subsystem drivers with a "universal" (SCSI
> based) subsystem.

Not replaced, the old one is still there and one has to select the new SCSI 
based drivers explicitely.

> A side effect of this is device name changes,
> notably /dev/hdX to /dev/sdX.

That's true, indeed.

Bye...

	Dirk
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