Re: More detailed UltraPenguin CD-ROM making instructions

[Jakub Jelinek <jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz>]

> 
> Jakub Jelinek <jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> writes:
> 
> > As I've received a couple of requests for more detailed instructions how to
> > make the bootable CD, here they are:
> 
> I followed the instructions, and ended up with a CD that would boot
> the kernel off of the CD, but then fail with:
> 
>   "Unable to mount root filesystem on device: 0b:00"
> 
> Any ideas what is wrong?  It is loading the kernel from the CD and the
> CDROM is the only CDROM attached to the machine.  The above message is
> preceeded by a "media changed on sr0" so I assume it is detecting the
> CD and everything.

Ok, I'd like to know at least some other messages from the kernel.
Did it show some message about initrd being overwritten?
Did it show the CD-ROM listed between SCSI devices?

Cheers,
    Jakub
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Jakub Jelinek | jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz
Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University
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