Quoting Brad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, David Wright wrote: > > > Yes. When you copy a kernel (e.g. I copy /boot/vmlinuz to > > c:\loadlin\zimage for loadlin to boot from dos) you need to rdev it.
^^^^^^^ > > Type rdev kernel-image to see what it's set to and > > rdev kernel-image /dev/hda2 to set it. This saves having to tell it > > where root is every time you boot it. > > Not necessary. Recently i repartitioned my HD, moved Linux from hda2 to > hda1. Never had any trouble after i restored my filesystem from backups > and reran lilo (after editing lilo.conf and fstab) ^^^^ Loadlin is not lilo. The "Yes" was answering the question as put, which was IIRC "Does the kernel have a place in which it remembers its root device". (But this was before it was revealed that there were far more serious error messages than a kernel panic.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.