On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 07:11:57PM +0100, Christian Winkler wrote: > > The rescue disk has no bootloader on it...it only exists to copy the kernel > > from during installation. Use the COFF kernel instead: > > > > boot fd:linux root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
boot fd:linux root=/dev/0200 load_ramdisk=1 > OK, I almost suspected that. Thanks for the information and the > images, however it still does not work. > > Booting your disk with the command above nicely boots the kernel, > but then I get a message like > > request_module[block-major-15]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device 0f:d0 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 0f:d0 > Rebooting in 180 seconds... > > This still leaves me somehow clueless :-(. > > Maybe it is a problem of the floppy controller? This claims > to be a SWIM3. No, just a problem with my brain. :) Note that it passed 0f:d0...it hexified the root device parameter. -- Matt Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
