From: Kyle Harris <kharris@nexus-tech•net>
Cc: LinuxPPC-embedded list <linuxppc-embedded@lists•linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: initrd problems
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:24:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A6C88D1.39BC0E9E@nexus-tech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3A6C8248.88642C68@matrox.com
Sébastien Côté wrote:
> Ok, now this is exactly what I do. The initrd doesn't get overwritten
> anymore. The function mount_root is called, the root device is opened
> but I get a panic at:
>
> sb = get_super(ROOT_DEV);
> if (sb) { goto mount_it}
> ...
>
> read_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
> panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", kdevname(ROOT_DEV));
You'll also get this error if your kernel has not been built with
support for the filesystem (e.g. ext2) contained on your initrd.
Good luck, Kyle.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-22 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-18 15:53 initrd problems Sébastien Côté
2001-01-18 22:27 ` Sébastien Côté
2001-01-18 20:01 ` Matt Porter
2001-01-19 17:22 ` Sébastien Côté
2001-01-20 14:35 ` Matt Porter
2001-01-22 18:56 ` Sébastien Côté
2001-01-22 19:24 ` Kyle Harris [this message]
2001-01-22 20:45 ` Sébastien Côté
2001-01-19 1:13 ` Mark A. Greer
2001-01-19 14:53 ` Sébastien Côté
2001-01-23 21:03 ` Michael Pruznick
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-30 16:28 Anders Blomdell
2002-10-30 16:47 ` Wolfgang Denk
2003-04-24 5:32 Sriram Narasimhan
2003-04-24 7:35 ` Wolfgang Denk
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