Rob, You can look for yourself; something like:
cd ~ cp /boot/initrd-xxx.img ~/whats_this.img.gz gunzip whats_this.img.gz mkdir mnt mount -o loop,ro whats_this.img mnt ls -laR mnt Ralph On 07/18/03 11am, Rob Hudson wrote: > So, since RedHat9 uses ext3, initrd probably has the ext3 module in it > so it can load the kernel? > > > On 20030718.1110, Cory Petkovsek said ... > > > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 10:47:31AM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > > > Rob wrote: > > > > It dies when it tries to mount root. I wasn't sure what that > > > > 'root=LABEL=/1' thing was, so I left it. > > > > > > There may be a patch or special config setting needed (I don't know > > > for sure) to enable booting by label. Try replacing root=LABEL=/1 > > > with root=/dev/hda3 or whatever. > > > > > > > Also, remind me what initrd does? Do I need it? How do you make one? > > > > > > Initrd is short for initial ram disk. It is a ram disk image that the > > > boot loader loads into memory with the kernel. If your distro > > > uses initrd, then you should too, because it's hard to second-guess > > > what their config files do. > > Inital ram disk that often has kernel modules in it like... oh.. extfs, > > reiserfs, ext3fs. Since your kernel can't mount your root file system > > it may be because the kernel does have file system support for it. > > > > However I would take out root=LABEL=/1. I don't know what that is, but > > the root option tells the kernel where to to look for the root file > > system. Try root=/dev/hda1, which is what you specified already with > > "root (hd0,0)" > > > > > > Cory > > > > -- > > Cory Petkovsek Adapting Information > > Adaptable IT Consulting Technology to your > > (541) 914-8417 business > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AdaptableIT.com > > _______________________________________________ > > EuG-LUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
