Rich Sias wrote:

> I found several references to setting up parms for root=
> The best is 
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/book/appd_05.html
>
> So I tried this:
> boot:bzimage root=/dev/hdb1 ro hdb=cdrom
>
> I still get the same 3 style error messages with poorly defined root= 
> setting. Later tonight I will try the CD in each of several other 
> computers to see if all have problem accepting any kernel boot 
> parameters.
>
> Rich
>
Well, I tried the CD in each of 4 machines. All booted better, i.e. no 
apic conflicts with the eth0 card.  HOWEVER when I tried to enter kernel 
boot parameters, nothing would work. Just typing in the kernel name was 
enough to set off the triplicate error set fussing about the root= 
problem.  So I tried with my live Knoppix CD and type in knoppix with no 
other parameters. Worked. Tried Knoppix with selected parameters. 
Worked. Tried same parameters with astlinux, nope! on all five machines.

Here are the 3 errors set that always appears with any kind of parameter 
passing even just the kernel name only! I Then burned a new CD with 
0.3.0 iso file and tried that one. Yep, all 5 machines again spit out 
same error format with any attempt to pass kernel boot parameters. 
Kristian ( and others too) could you try CD boot and type in some boot 
adjust parameters and see if you can get past these style of errors ? 
Tell me how if you do.


VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
unknown-block(8,3)

Rich Sias
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