From: David Ford <david@linux.com>
To: "Michael J. Dikkema" <mjd@moot.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.1 - can't read root fs (devfs maybe?)
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 15:58:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A79F812.D52B17B1@linux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0101312258190.227-100000@sliver.moot.ca>
"Michael J. Dikkema" wrote:
> I went from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and was surprised that either the root
> filesystem wasn't mounted, or it couldn't be read. I'm using devfs.. I'm
> thinking there might have been a change with regards to the devfs
> tree.. is the legacy /dev/hda1 still /dev/discs/disc0/part1?
This symlink doesn't exist/isn't usable for boot. Use the qualified
pathname.
I.e. /dev/discs/disc0/part1 points to /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
on my machine.
Use that pathname.
-d
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-01 23:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-01 5:03 2.4.1 - can't read root fs (devfs maybe?) Michael J. Dikkema
2001-01-31 6:14 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-01 16:00 ` John Jasen
2001-02-01 17:48 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-01 18:51 ` John Jasen
2001-02-01 20:58 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-01 23:53 ` David Ford
2001-02-01 23:58 ` David Ford [this message]
2001-02-02 13:54 ` mirabilos
2001-02-03 1:54 ` David Ford
2001-02-14 21:20 ` Richard Gooch
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