> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Bob Miller wrote:
>
>> Allen Brown wrote:
>>
>> > At this point grub is not using a grub.conf file since I am
>> > loading grub from floppy.  I run it interactively.  Once
>> > that is working I will install grub on the hard drive.
>>
>> In that case, what are you typing at the grub prompt?
>> --
>> Bob Miller                              K<bob>
>
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda15
> initrd /initrd.img
> module /reiserfs.o
> boot
>
> Problem is, this only worked once.  Now I get
>   RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RM disk image starting at 0
>   Freeing initrd memory: 187k freed
>   VFS: Cannot open root device "hda15" or 03:0f
>   Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>   Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:0f
>
> I don't get it.  I verified all of the files in boot that I am
> loading.  And hda15 mounts just find on my desktop.  The files
> there look fine.
> --
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You need to make an initrd image that has reiserfs.o in it if you want to
boot your reiserfs root file system.

apt-get install initrd-tools

look here for some help using mkinitrd

http://www.edseek.com/archives/2004/03/22/creating-an-initrd-image-on-debian-gnulinux/

Or, you could just compile reiserfs into the kernel and then not worry
about initrd.

I have a 2.4.27 with debian patches kernel-image.deb that I made for my
machine which also has a reiserfs root filesystem.

If you would like to try it download it here.

http://eugenefreeride.com/kernel-image-2.4.27_10.00.Custom_i386.deb

Good luck!

-John
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