On Wednesday 21 September 2005 22:25, Arvind Chandra wrote: > I did the following procedure. > Took kernel 2.6.12.15. Patched it and compiled it. I > am not sure where do I need to change > uml/linux-2.6.12.5/dev and uml/linux-2.6.12.5/etc > files. As these directory was not created when I > complied the kernel. And I was not sure if I need to > do it as a root in the /dev and /etc directory. You are really confused about that - see below. > So I > skipped that step and that may be creating an issue. > Now I made modules.
> Downloaded the root_fs, mounted > it, And *now* is the point in which /dev/ and /etc may need to be altered. On a UML root_fs it shouldn't be needed, and it's not the issue you have, but it may be needed to fix /etc/inittab for device names if the root_fs is for DevFS and you don't use it. > did make modules_install and unmount mnt. Now when > I try and start user mode linux I get the following > error message. > ----------------------------- > Initialized stdio console driver > Console initialized on /dev/tty0 > VFS: Cannot open root device "98:0" or > unknown-block(98,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option Satisfy this option please. If you did, make sure you compiled in UBD block driver. > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root > fs on unknown-block(98,0) > > ------------------------ > What I need to do? -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
