On Sunday 16 November 2003 16:08, KamaolaKid wrote: > I'm using grub-static as my boot loader. My boot partition is /dev/sda1 > and grub is installed to the MBR. I get to the grub prompt fine, but > when the kernel starts, the error "kernel panic: could not read device > /dev/sda1" followed by "please append correct root= option" and then > "VFS: could not mount root fs". > > My grub.conf file does append root=/dev/sda1 > I've tried /dev/hda, /dev/sda, etc. etc. > > My root file system is XFS. I've checked it with xfs_check and it is > intact. > > And yes, XFS is compiled into the kernel. > > Any ideas?
Firstly, you should put root=<root device> and not root=<boot device>. Secondly, it sounds like the kernel cannot find your scsi device (assuming you do have scsi) so you probably don't have the correct driver compiled into the kernel. Thirdly, if XFS was a problem the kernel would tell you that. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list