Re: can't boot due to root device problem

[Bob Berman]

I am sure that this is the problem. But I have another Linux
install on the same machine and that boots fine, although
it is SuSe 7.0 vs. this one is SuSe 7.2. This was an
initial install from CD and I had never booted it before.
Now I have to figure out some way to boot it.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Mario Klebsch wrote:

> On Sunday, 30. September 2001 01:13, Bob Berman wrote:
> 
> > When I boot Linux, the error I get is:
> >
> > request_module[block major-8]: root fs not mounted
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "sbd3" or 08:13
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:13
> 
> You did not include the device driver for block drvice major number 8
> (the SCSI disk driver) into your kerne. So, it tries to load it as a
> module, which fails, because the root fs is not mounted, yet.
> 
> Include the scsi device drivers (the driver for the adapter as well as
> the driver for the SCSI disk devices and the ext2fs code) into your
> kernel and the system will find its root partition.
> 
> BTW, this is not a GRUB problem but a misconfigured linux kernel. This
> kernel would not be able to run on your system, if it is loaded by
> other means (e.g. from disk or via etherboot). When I build a new
> kernel, I always put it on a disk (make bzdisk) first, to see wether it
> boots fine.
> 
> 73, Mario
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