Lev Olshvang wrote:
Boker Everybody,
I recently experienced a strange problem:
The system is based on Ubuntu kernel 2.6.28 which I compiled and built
initramfs for it provided with a driver for ide disk (pata_via.ko)
grub should boot this system from the root=/dev/sda1
The boot process stops on a famous message "waiting for a root file
system".
But then it enters the busybox prompt and I see that /dev/sda1 is
indeed exist, I can mount it and access files.
I do not understand this : root device is ready, but boot process is
stuck ??
Simple:
You either use an initramfs, and if so your initramfs should mount the
real root file system itself using switch_root() or you don't use an
initramfs and let the kernel mount it (but then you need the driver
compiled into the kernel).
Gilad
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