Re: can't boot due to root device problem

2001-09-30 Thread Mario Klebsch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sunday, 30. September 2001 01:13, Bob Berman wrote: When I boot Linux, the error I get is: request_module[block major-8]: root fs not mounted ^ VFS: Cannot open root device sbd3 or 08:13 Please append a correct root= boot

Re: what replaces emergency?

2001-09-30 Thread Mario Klebsch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sunday, 30. September 2001 05:49, Robert Siemer wrote: From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had to try to repair a friend's machine last night, however, and I could not (even searching the net on another computer) find the equivalent to LILO's emergency

Re: can't boot due to root device problem

2001-09-30 Thread Yuri Zaporogets
Hello. On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:57:17AM +0200, Mario Klebsch wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sunday, 30. September 2001 01:13, Bob Berman wrote: When I boot Linux, the error I get is: request_module[block major-8]: root fs not mounted ^

Re: can't boot due to root device problem

2001-09-30 Thread Mario Klebsch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sunday, 30. September 2001 17:34, Bob Berman wrote: I am sure that this is the problem. But I have another Linux install on the same machine and that boots fine, although it is SuSe 7.0 vs. this one is SuSe 7.2. This was an initial install from CD and I

Re: can't boot due to root device problem

2001-09-30 Thread Bob Berman
I just got back to this system to read my email and in the interim, I read about the initrd comand and how initrds work. I added initrd=/boot/initrd to my Grub command list and that worked. Thanks to everyone. On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Mario Klebsch wrote: On Sunday, 30. September 2001 17:34,