VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 00:00 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
Booting with "linux root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw" works.
The silo.conf on the beta 3 CD images does not have the boot options to turn on devfs and set root to the ramdisk devfs device.
Here is the silo.conf from the cdrom-mini.iso ----- partition=1 timeout=600 read-only message=/boot/debian.txt default=linux initrd=/boot/initrd.gz root=/dev/rd/0
# Standard boot images image[sun4c,sun4d,sun4m]=/boot/vmlinuz-sparc32 append="devfs=mount,dall rw" label=linux image[sun4u]=/boot/vmlinuz-sparc64 append="devfs=mount,dall rw" label=linux
# Expert boots image[sun4c,sun4d,sun4m]=/boot/vmlinuz-sparc32 label=expert append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/bin/sh rw" image[sun4u]=/boot/vmlinuz-sparc64 label=expert append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/bin/sh rw"
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