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From: "Karel Kulhavý" <clock@twibright.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Can't mount USB partition as root
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031229173853.A32038@beton.cybernet.src> (raw)

Hello

I tried to boot Linux 2.6.0 kernel with option root=/dev/sda1 using Grub.
The kernel otherwise works, mounts the sda1 partition (XFS) OK.
When I boot the kernel with root=/dev/sda1 instead of root=/dev/hda4,
I get "can't mount root VFS, kernel panic" or something like that.

Is it possible to boot kernel with root from /dev/sda1 (USB)?
partition table: whole /dev/sda is one partition (sda1), type 83 (Linux).
Tried also switching on and off hotplugging in kernel and it didn't help.

Cl<

             reply	other threads:[~2003-12-29 16:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-29 16:38 Karel Kulhavý [this message]
2003-12-29 16:45 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-12-29 17:31   ` Karel Kulhavý
2003-12-29 17:34     ` Tomas Szepe
2003-12-29 18:38   ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-29 21:14     ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-12-29 16:47 ` Jeff Chua
2003-12-29 17:33   ` Karel Kulhavý
2003-12-29 17:49     ` Tomas Szepe
2003-12-30  2:16       ` Michael Heyse
2003-12-30  9:10       ` Karel Kulhavý
2003-12-30 20:25         ` Tomas Szepe

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