On 6/8/06, Chris Dumoulin <cdumoulin at ics-ltd.com> wrote: > I'm trying to port a 2.6 kernel to a V2Pro-based board that I've got. I > get the following output when trying to boot: > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0)
What boot loader are you using? In the boot loader where does it think the root fs is located? My guess is /dev/ram0 or something like that? So I'd check your ramdisk to see that it has a /dev/ram0. Make sure you have rights to it. -stv > > I'm trying to use an initrd RAMDISK, and I've made sure that RAMDISK and > initrd support are both enabled in the kernel configuration. Any ideas > would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Chris Dumoulin > -- > *--Christopher Dumoulin--* > Software Team Leader > > <http://ics-ltd.com/> > <http://ics-ltd.com/> > > Interactive Circuits and Systems Ltd. > 5430 Canotek Road > Ottawa, ON > K1J 9G2 > (613)749-9241 > 1-800-267-9794 (USA only) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This e-mail is private and confidential and is for the addressee only. > If misdirected, please notify us by telephone and confirm that it has > been deleted from your system and any hard copies destroyed. You are > strictly prohibited from using, printing, distributing or disseminating > it or any information contained in it save to the intended recipient. > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >
