*never* had to do that on debian or rh! Are you using reiserfs on your boot disk? If so, then if you ever get it to boot, then you'll be real lucky! Try with ext3 and see if that helps.
You can try making your own initrd... move the current one out of the way first. cd /boot mv initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz.old mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz 2.6.9-x1 and reboot. On Sat, October 15, 2005 5:13 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, October 15, 2005 11:49 am, rik-Xandros-test said: >> Steve Holdoway wrote: >> >>>... this is all suspend/resume stuff, isn't it? Why not just get up and >>>running first? Try just >>> >>> >>>title Xandros Linux 3.0 (starter) >>>root (hd0,8) >>>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-x1 root=/dev/hda9 ro acpi=off >>>initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz > > Just thinking on initrd's, as I only use them on one box... > > The idea of initrd is that it provides a tempoary root directory with > stuff you need to complete the boot. It does this in a ram disk. I suspect > this is why it cannot find /root - because a needed filesystem module is > in the initrd. so try this (cribbed from my machine that uses initrd) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-x1 root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/hda9 ro > acpi=off > > (thats all one line) > > As you can probably see that starts the kernel with the ramdisk > (/dev/ram0) as root, then later swithes to /dev/hda9 (real_root). > > Give it a try. > > > > >>> >>> >>> >> The boot process runs longer now, but stops in much the same way: >> >>>>Boot error message: >>>> >>>>sh : error opening /proc/software_suspend/do_resume : No such file or >>>>directory >>>> >>>> >> [still.] >> >> VFS : Cannot open root device "hda9" or unknown-block (0,0) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >> >> [then] >> >>>>Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS : unable to mount root fs on >>>>unknown-block (0,0) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> Back at install-time (June), I gave up after these.. >> >>>>GRUB entry lines I have tried before: >>>> >>>>#root (hd0,8)/dev/hda9 >>>>#systemmap /boot/System.map-2.6.9-x1 >>>>#kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-x1 root=(hd0,8) ro # rw single >>>>#kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-x1 root=(hd0,8)/dev/hda9 >>>> >>>> >>>> >> Advisor (just left) concluded 'init.rd is not loading'. >> >>>>I have assumed map (Lilo) & systemmap (Grub) are not quite the same >>>>reference, and so have left that out this last run (pending >>>>clarification). >>>> >>>>Thanks for any help, >>>>Rik >>>> >> > > > -- Work like you don't need the money, Love like your heart has never been broken and Dance like no one can see you.
