Re: Compiling 2.6 kernel questions

Alex <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:32:31 -0500
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-admin
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> "VFS: Can't mount root" suggests that it's failing to mount the initrd
> filesystem. For initrd, the root filesystem passed to the kernel from
> the bootloader (via root=) should be /dev/ram0. You also have to tell
> the bootloader where to find the filesystem image (e.g. via initrd=
> for lilo).

Yes, and I'm pointing lilo to the initrd, and can mount and read the
initrd on its own.

You don't mean root=/dev/ram0 instead of root=/dev/md1, right?

This is why I was asking about lilo some time ago. I'm using the
latest, but that's from 2007. Is it possible that it has a problem
with this kernel?

This box does work with an older 2.6.12 kernel that I built more than
a year ago with the otherwise same system, including lilo.

Thanks,
Alex