From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263638AbTL2Qsq (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:48:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263642AbTL2Qsq (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:48:46 -0500 Received: from mx13.sac.fedex.com ([199.81.197.53]:65284 "EHLO mx13.sac.fedex.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263638AbTL2Qso convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:48:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:47:06 +0800 (SGT) From: Jeff Chua X-X-Sender: jchua@silk.corp.fedex.com To: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Karel_Kulhav=FD?= cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Can't mount USB partition as root In-Reply-To: <20031229173853.A32038@beton.cybernet.src> Message-ID: References: <20031229173853.A32038@beton.cybernet.src> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ENTPM11/FEDEX(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 12/30/2003 12:48:39 AM, Serialize by Router on ENTPM11/FEDEX(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 12/30/2003 12:48:41 AM, Serialize complete at 12/30/2003 12:48:41 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org You'll need to load the usb modules using initrd ramdisk, then switch root to the usb device to continue booting the system. Thanks, Jeff [ jchua@fedex.com ] On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-2] Karel Kulhavý wrote: > 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< > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >