[Tfug] kernel issues 2.6.15

[erich]

Here's my grub file:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,5)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title =linux-2.6.13-suspend2-r4
root(hd0,5)
kernel /linux-2.6.13-suspend2-r4 root=/dev/hda7 vga=791

and here's my fdisk configuration:
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1       77545    39082648+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5               1         993      500409   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda6   *         994        1188       98248+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7            1189       49630    24414736+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8           49631       55444     2930224+  83  Linux
/dev/hda9           55445       77545    11138872+  83  Linux

What always confuses the hell out of people is the meaning of
the word "root" The meaning changes from the next to the last
line to the meaning on the last line in a grub file.

                                                     Erich


ken wrote:

>On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 08:07 -0700, Robert Hunter wrote:
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>>On 2/24/06, ken <kfancher at nerdshack.com> wrote:
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>>>im trying to run 2.6.15 have grub setup to boot it with root=/dev/hda3
>>>and ext3 is built into the kernel this is what i get when i try to load
>>>it vfs cannont open root device "hda3" or unknown-block (0,0) please
>>>append a correct root= boot option kernel panic - not syncing :VFS :
>>>unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>>>
>>>this is my menu.lst config for that particular kernel
>>>title           Debian 2.6.15
>>>root            (hd0,2)
>>>kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15 root=/dev/hda3 ro
>>>its debian sarge i have 1 partition for / and that covers everything
>>>anyone have any ideas of why its asking for a correct root=option to me
>>>it seems ive covered all the bases
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>>How exactly is your disk partitioned? What do you mean that you have
>>one partition that covers everything?  If you have only one partition
>>on the disk then root might need to point to /dev/hda1.  Also, what
>>type of device is the disk?  For example, SATA disks show as /dev/sd*,
>>so this is another possibility.
>>
>>--
>>Rob
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>i fixed it its /dev/hda1 windows /dev/hda2 swap /dev/hda3
>debian /dev/hda4 fedora(curretntly anyways) i thought that i had built
>my ide chipset support in but i had it set as module we'll see if this
>works 
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