VFS: Cannot open root device (path_lookup failed)

2005-04-18 Thread Pawel Studencki
hello, I'm trying to mount root filesystem on cramfs (2.6.11, compiled with mtd and CRAMFS support), however I get following well known error message: VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock1" or unknown-block(31,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-24 Thread Felipe Alfaro Solana
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:25:39 -0800, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Could someone try this? > > Let's turn that into a real patch. > > --- 25/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c~ide_init_disk-fixWed Feb 23 16:24:44 > 2005 > +++ 25-akpm/driv

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-24 Thread Steven Cole
elect.all >> 4) & 1; disk->major = hwif->major; disk->first_minor = unit << PARTN_BITS; Andrew's above patch fixes the hdb->hdq insanity, but I still need CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y. I tried unsetting CONFIG_BASE_FULL, and again got the "VFS: Cannot open root de

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-24 Thread Steven Cole
elect.all >> 4) & 1; disk->major = hwif->major; disk->first_minor = unit << PARTN_BITS; Andrew's above patch fixes the hdb->hdq insanity, but I still need CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y. I tried unsetting CONFIG_BASE_FULL, and again got the "VFS: Cannot open root de

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-24 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:25:39 -0800, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Could someone try this? > > Let's turn that into a real patch. > > --- 25/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c~ide_init_disk-fixWed Feb 23 16:24:44 > 2005 > +++ 25-akpm/driv

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Mackall
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 03:03:33AM +0100, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:41:59 -0800, Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:16:53PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, that worked. 2.6.11

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:41:59 -0800, Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:16:53PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, that worked. 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 now boots OK, but hdb1 seems to be > > > > missing. > > > > Looking

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 03:10:38PM -0700, Steven Cole wrote: > Andrew Morton wrote: > >Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I am having trouble getting recent -mm kernels to boot on my test box. > >>For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the follo

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I am having trouble getting recent -mm kernels to boot on my test box. > >> For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: &g

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:16:53PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, that worked. 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 now boots OK, but hdb1 seems to be > > > missing. > > Looking at the IDE update in rc4-mm1: > > +void ide_init_disk(struct gendisk *disk, ide_drive_

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could someone try this? Let's turn that into a real patch. --- 25/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c~ide_init_disk-fixWed Feb 23 16:24:44 2005 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c Wed Feb 23 16:24:55 2005 @@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_unr

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, that worked. 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 now boots OK, but hdb1 seems to be > > missing. Looking at the IDE update in rc4-mm1: +void ide_init_disk(struct gendisk *disk, ide_drive_t *drive) +{ + ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif; + unsigned int unit

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Mackall
t on my test box. > > >> For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: > > >> > > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) > > >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > >&g

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Steven Cole
Steven Cole wrote: Andrew Morton wrote: Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am having trouble getting recent -mm kernels to boot on my test box. For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) Please append

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 09:37:53AM -0700, Steven Cole wrote: > I copied a working .config from an earlier kernel(-rc3), and ran make > oldconfig, answering most of the new questions 'n'. Then you get into trouble with stuff under CONFIG_EMBEDDED. Answering 'n' turns off stock functionality. Thoug

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Steven Cole
Andrew Morton wrote: Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am having trouble getting recent -mm kernels to boot on my test box. For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) Please append a correct "root

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Morton
; > down a bit. > > > > I am having trouble getting recent -mm kernels to boot on my test box. > For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) > Please append a correct &qu

Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 (VFS: Cannot open root device "301")

2005-02-23 Thread Steven Cole
2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1) 2.6.11-rc2-mm1 boots fine, and so do plain -rc3 and -rc4. I copi

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2001-03-06 Thread Jeremy Jackson
Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Jeremy Jackson] > > try command 'man mkinitrd' under redhat for hints about initial > > ramdisk. > > I have been puzzled about this for quite some time. Why exactly does > everyone always recommend using 'mkinitrd' on Red Hat systems? It > seems to me that if you are c

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2001-03-06 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Jeremy Jackson] > try command 'man mkinitrd' under redhat for hints about initial > ramdisk. I have been puzzled about this for quite some time. Why exactly does everyone always recommend using 'mkinitrd' on Red Hat systems? It seems to me that if you are compiling a kernel for a specific ser

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2001-03-02 Thread Jeremy Jackson
ckage. try command 'man mkinitrd' under redhat for hints about initial ramdisk. > > > Then some standard lines Then: > > NET 4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET 4.0 > request_module[block-major-104]: Root FS not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "6802

VFS: Cannot open root device

2001-03-02 Thread Jeremy
following message. request_module[scsi_host_adapter]: Root FS not mounted request_module[scsi_host_adapter]: Root FS not mounted Then some standard lines Then: NET 4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET 4.0 request_module[block-major-104]: Root FS not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device