After rebooting multiple times and checking files and filesystems I do not know how to solve the current problem I am facing: In the fstab file I have the root fs and swap locations at their UUID and all the other stuff as it looks on the website. I have it as the UUID since its a usb external hdd and I'm booting on different computers all the time.
The partition where lfs is is /dev/sdd2 At the grub prompt I do : set root=(hd2,msdos2) ls (hd2,msdos2) <info...info..info..UUID <uuid>> linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.5.0 root=UUID=<uuid goes here> boot I did it like that because that is how the grub config on my drive with ubuntu on it looks. I also tried where root=/dev/sdc1 and somehow successfully booted my partition with fedora on it. But that would be linux mostly not from scratch. The kernel always panics and says : cannot open root device UUID=<uuid> or unknown block (0,0) error -6 Do I have to use the root=/dev/sdXX method in grub and in fstab or do I have to enable some obscure option during kernel config or is it because I'm using an external HDD or something else? Thanks for your help.
-- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
