Many thanks Jing!!! I've already added a comment in the troubleshooting guide:
http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Troubleshooting#Ramdisk_too_small.3F_Getting_errors.3F and I've also added a note directly in the syslinux.cfg comments. -Andrea Jing CDL Sun wrote: > Hi, > > I use SIS v3.7.4 to install RedHatEL5, but after the target node got the > kernel and initrd(generated by si_prepareclient) > I ran into the same problem : > > md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. > md: autorun ... > md: ... autorun DONE. > RAMDISK: Compres iso_blknum=17, block=-2147483648 > No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 iso9660 > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(1,0) > > I have found a solution to fix this problem, hope to be helpful for you > too:) > it is to add a parameter to the kernel boot options, something like this > "ramdisk_blocksize=1024", > because it is the ramdisk block size of the initrd.img we got from the > golden client. > and it seems that if we do not indicate this parameter in the boot > options ,then it can not be recognized. > > I have verified this solution and it works well. > > I'd like to share it with all the SIS users, because I have got a lot of > help here, thank you all. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ sisuite-devel mailing list sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
