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- From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger)
- Subject: Re: lilo boot problem with 0.98p5 SLS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.013541.20736@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Sender: news@bernina.ethz.ch (USENET News System)
- Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
- References: <Bz6KK3.Jps@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 01:35:41 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- In article <Bz6KK3.Jps@acsu.buffalo.edu> jchen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Jonathan Chen) writes:
- > partition table ok
- > MINIX-fs: unable to read superblock
- > EXT-fs: unable to read superblock
- > MSDOS bread failed
- > kernel panic: Unable to mount root
-
- *Sniff,sniff* ... I smell a new FAQ.
-
- This happens if a) your kernel has no or the wrong boot device set and
- b) you didn't tell LILO to override the boot device setting of the kernel.
-
- To fix a) use rdev aka setroot, e.g. rdev /linux /dev/hda1
- (or change the value of ROOT_DEV in the top-level kernel Makefile,
- rebuild the kernel and - of course - run /etc/lilo/install.)
-
- To fix b) (the preferred solution):
-
- If you're using old-style configuration, append ,<rootdev> to the
- descriptor of your kernel, e.g. /linux,/dev/hda1
-
- If you're using new-style configuration, add the variable
- root = <rootdev>
- after the image = ... variable in your /etc/lilo/config, e.g.
-
- image = /linux
- root = /dev/hda1
-
- Then run /etc/lilo/install to copy the settings into the map file.
-
- - Werner
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