Re: Root Mount Problem SOLVED

I just what I thougth I shoul have done a long time ago : type in the lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda ...and that solved the problem thanks to all who answered me Ross

Re: Root Mount Problem

Rossen Naydenov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >boot=/dev/hda7 >root=/dev/hda7 > >But when it starts it says : >unable to mount root fs ob 30:7b >cannot open root device at 30:7b > >But if on the boot prompt I say root=/dev/hda7 everything is OK 30:7b is ... weird. Did you run '/sbin/lilo -v' after ch

Re: Root Mount Problem

John Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 10:18 AM 2/28/2001 +0200, Rossen Naydenov wrote: >>yes it does have the endline it's just the way put it in the mail > >um.. well the way it was there was no space... which i thought there >should be.. but if i'm wrong i'll shut up now,,, "Content-Type

Re: Root Mount Problem

well infact as I read what you have said to me I think I got the problem In fact I use the Lilo to boot NT (I have no problems with that) and I think that my mbr is in /dev/hda not /dev/hda7 so I should say in lilo.conf that boot=/dev/hda is it right or not? The earlier version of kernel has no

Re: Root Mount Problem

um.. well the way it was there was no space... which i thought there should be.. but if i'm wrong i'll shut up now,,, At 10:18 AM 2/28/2001 +0200, Rossen Naydenov wrote: >yes it does have the endline it's just the way put it in the mail > >Ross > > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Root Mount Problem

yes it does have the endline it's just the way put it in the mail Ross

Re: Root Mount Problem

root=/dev/hda7install=/boot/boot-menu.b should that line have a space after the hda7 bit? just a thought, i don't know it that well