Paul Slootman writes: > On Sun 27 Aug 2000, Mathias Jansson wrote: > > > When I try booting the generic kernel (2.2.13, 2.2.15 and compaq-gen-up) > > from > > (MILO: boot sda1:/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.*-generic root=/dev/sda1) > > I get the following error: > > -- > > You didn't specify the type of your ufs filesystem > > > > Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root filesystem > > -- > > > > Why does it try to mount a ufs fs? My / fs is clearly an ext2 fs and so > > says > > my fstab. I've checked the kernel configs and they should all include ext2 > > The kernel can only read your fstab after it has mounted your root > filesystem, so whatever is in there is irrelevant at the time of the > error :-)
:) Just excluding stuff > > Are you sure that your root filesystem is /dev/sda1 ? Very sure, I am able to boot that filesystem as / with the older kernel (2.0.36). > Is your SCSI controller supported by that kernel? yes, I am using the ncr53c8xx and the sym53c8xx driver as suggested in the kernel-docs, my controller is a NCR53C810. /Mathias -- Mathias Jansson | Send a mail with Subject: %pgpkey Teknik i Media | for my public pgp-key Box 34105, 10026 Stockholm | Tel. 08-5063 80 37
