On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 22:30, Travis Crump wrote: > Tom Schutter wrote: > > I am having trouble setting up Debian woody on a IOpener. I am > > setting up the IDE drive on another machine, and then hooking it up to > > the IOpener and attempting to boot. When I attempt to boot with the > > drive in the IOpener, I get: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or 03:01 > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01 > > > > I have tried to add root=/dev/hda1 to the boot prompt with no success. > > I can boot fine to the drive when it is hooked up to my desktop > > machine. > > > > "uname -a" gives: > > Linux newman 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 > > unknown > > > > lilo.conf looks like this (with comments removed): > > lba32 > > boot=/dev/hda > > root=/dev/hda1 > > install=/boot/boot-menu.b > > map=/boot/map > > delay=20 > > prompt > > vga=ask > > default=Linux > > image=/vmlinuz > > label=Linux > > read-only > > > > "fdisk -l" gives: > > Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 525 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 484 1951456+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hda2 485 525 165312 82 Linux swap > > > > "lilo -q -v" gives: > > LILO version 22.2, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger > > Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2001 John Coffman > > Released 05-Feb-2002 and compiled at 20:57:26 on Apr 13 2002. > > MAX_IMAGES = 27 > > > > Reading boot sector from /dev/hda > > Global settings: > > Delay before booting: 2.0 seconds > > No command-line timeout > > Always enter boot prompt > > Boot-time BIOS data saved > > Non-RAID installation > > Serial line access is disabled > > No message for boot prompt > > No default boot command line > > Images: > > Linux * > > No password > > Boot command-line won't be locked > > No single-key activation > > VGA mode: ASK > > Kernel is loaded "high", at 0x00100000 > > No initial RAM disk > > No fallback > > Options: "ro root=301" > > > > Interesting, there is where the "root=301" comes from. But why is it > > there? What should I specify in lilo.conf? > > > > You need a line: > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.19-bf2.4 > in the image section of your lilo.conf[assuming initrd.img-2.4.19-bf2.4 > exists, it should or something very similarly named]. Also, it is my > understanding that 2.4.19-bf2.4 is only supposed to be used for > installation and you should install a 'real' kernel once you have your > system up and running. apt-cache search kernel-image and apt-get install > the one that looks appropriate for your system. This is not to say > though that this kernel shouldn't work indefinately...
AFAIK, this is not required by 2.4.18, but only by 2.4.19. As you can see by my uname output above, I am running 2.4.18. Also note that I can boot fine if the drive is in another machine, just not if it is in the IOpener. -- Tom Schutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
