> I wanted to make a boot disk, prior to experimenting with the compiling of kernels. > > I ran mkboot /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7, and the disk was created. > > I rebooted and the floppy started to boot up, until it hit a kernel panic. The error > message was; > > Root fs not mounted > VPS: Cannot open root device "303" or 03:03 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:03 > > Fair enough I thought. I went to the lilo.conf that was on the floppy disk to add > "root = /dev/hda3" to the file, only to find it was already there! > > So I don't know why the mkboot is giving me a floppy boot disk that fails. Can I > have some guidance here?
I have now worked out the answer to this and feel a bit silly. (doh!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
