On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 05:29:11PM +1300, Andre Renaud wrote: > A better way to do this is to boot once using the root=/dev/hdb1 (or > whatever) and then use the "rdev" command to change the root device in > your kernel. I think you use it like: > rdev /dev/hdb1 /boot/vmlinuz > that will change /boot/vmlinuz to use /dev/hdb1 as its root device.
Of course, you'd need to remove the root= option from lilo.conf, since lilo will still pass that, and it overrides the rdev of the kernel. You do that, sure, when you dd the kernel to a floppy as your boot floppy :) (although, I use grub on the floppy, so I can pass it arguments as well...) Mike. -- Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trees moving back and forth make the wind blow.
