From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:59:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:59:32 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([194.221.183.20]:52507 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:59:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 02:58:02 +0100 From: Raphael Schmid To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Problems with devfs (?) Message-ID: <20010106025802.A7561@awapp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Balsa 1.0.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi there, I'm using ROCK Linux, which is built with devfs, originally Kernel 2.4.0-test9. This problem occurs, when I want to boot some Kernel after 2.4.0-test9, whereas building and installing the Kernel never is a problem. I enabled devfs support as well as the mounting of devfs at bootup in the configuration, just as it is with my "default"Kernel, next, I played around with lilo.conf (under normal circumstances a make bzlilo without any playing-around should do it, shouldn't it?) Then, as this also did show no success I tried passing root=/..... devfs=mount (<= don't nail me on this one, but I'm sure I did it the right way) at the LILO boot prompt. Whole story. Point. That's all. When trying to mount the root he hangs with "Kernel Panic: I have no root and I want to scream." Poor Kernel. Hope this helps anyone except me in any way (or perhaps I'm just too stupid). Best Regards, Raphael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/