Bug#283919: initrd-tools: Should warn if root device is not found

2004-12-13 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
On Monday 13 of December 2004 03:34, Horms wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:11:42AM +0100, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > > Package: initrd-tools > > Version: 0.1.74 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > I'd like to see some warning, if /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev is equal > > 0. That means no root devic

Bug#283919: initrd-tools: Should warn if root device is not found

2004-12-12 Thread Horms
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:11:42AM +0100, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > Package: initrd-tools > Version: 0.1.74 > Severity: wishlist > > I'd like to see some warning, if /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev is equal 0. > That > means no root device was found and the message would be very helpful. > > I've

Bug#283919: initrd-tools: Should warn if root device is not found

2004-12-10 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
Ok. I've found that GRUB supports different kernels with kopt_x_y_z option in menu.lst. My workaround was: # kopt=ramdisk_size=32000 ro console=tty0 panic=30 root=/dev/ida!c0d0p2 # kopt_2_4=ramdisk_size=32000 ro console=tty0 panic=30 root=/dev/ida/c0d0p2 But please, detect if kernel found the ro

Bug#283919: initrd-tools: Should warn if root device is not found

2004-12-02 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
Package: initrd-tools Version: 0.1.74 Severity: wishlist I'd like to see some warning, if /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev is equal 0. That means no root device was found and the message would be very helpful. I've spend an hour trying to reboot the kernel 2.6 with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p2 parameter. I