About "block-major-11": $ ls -l /dev | grep 11, brw-rw---- 2 root cdrom 11, 0 May 21 2000 scd0 brw------- 2 root cdrom 11, 1 May 21 2000 scd1 brw------- 2 root cdrom 11, 10 May 21 2000 scd10 brw------- 2 root cdrom 11, 11 May 21 2000 scd11 brw------- 2 root cdrom 11, 12 May 21 2000 scd12 brw------- 2 root cdrom 11, 13 May 21 2000 scd13 ... $
The 11 is the major number, and the 0, 1, 10, ... are the minor numbers. Regards, /Karl ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Hammar Aspö Data [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lilla Aspö 2340 +46 173 140 57 Networks S-742 94 Östhammar +46 10 270 26 67 Computers Sweden Consulting ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "William F. Gannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Install Boot Problem Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:25:34 -0500 (EST) > you should choose I not s > as it is IDE on an Ultra 5 > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Chris Samaritoni wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to install Debian 2.2rev2 on an Ultra 5 workstation. I already > > have Redhat 6.2 working on it, but wanted to try Debian. When booting from > > the cdrom after I choose "s", it starts to boot up, but then runs into the > > following error: > > > > request_module[block-major-11]: Root fs not mounted > > VFS: Cannot open root device 0b:00 > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 0b:00 > > Press L1-A to return to the boot prom > > > > Does anyone know what may be going wrong and what is "block-major-11"? > > > > Thanks. > > chris.