[Tfug] kernel issues 2.6.15

[ken]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 22:13 -0700, erich wrote:
> 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:
> >  
> >
> >>On 2/24/06, ken <kfancher at nerdshack.com> wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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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finnaly got it booted i wasent reading all the way i was trying to setup
pci-ide support for my via chipset i disabled that and now im running
2.6.15
thanks for the help though