On Friday 28 April 2006 23:55, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I have several empty filesystems, and a Debian bootable ISO. I'm trying > the following:
> linux ubd0=root-9629.img ubd1=swap-9629.img \ > ubd2r=debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso root=/dev/udb2 You're consistently typing udb2 instead of ubd2 (note the exchange of letters). That's your error, unless it's only in the mail. > and getting errors: > Initializing software serial port version 1 > ubda: unknown partition table > ubdb: unknown partition table > ubdc: unknown partition table > VFS: Cannot open root device "udb2" 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) > First of all, I shouldn't have to run fdisk on the filesystems, should > I? No, you shouldn't. But that's unrelated. > So why is it complaining? It can't open the rootfs you indicated to it and is complaining for that. That's unrelated to fdisk. > Secondly, why won't it boot from the ISO image? There's no problem with the ISO, assuming you've compiled in iso9660. > I've tried > root=/dev/udb2 and root=/dev/udb/2 with an equal lack of success. I'm not sure whether, after using ubd (not udb, uBD), that would work. I use the syntax rootfs=/dev/ubda, which for your case would become rootfs=/dev/ubdc. -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user