From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751035AbVK2TW1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:22:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751316AbVK2TW1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:22:27 -0500 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.193]:49216 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751035AbVK2TW0 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:22:26 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HtVrvn7eavrec4T61d9fx/z0xHubn8unYbE/iOOw2QvtAwmLQF2/MNsmvGt1KQuUhhGYmZNSgyGR4CO1sCi+q0xjPpIJNQcvv2KqoNCOAPgf/gm15oz75JV0BdKBjxudyKJNdm57dNkneprX3dykQlxeseAEF2KBnug0q9e1XTM= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:22:26 -0800 From: Keith Mannthey To: "0602@eq.cz" <0602@eq.cz> Subject: Re: totally random "VFS: Cannot open root device" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <438B6E05.8070009@eq.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <438B6E05.8070009@eq.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org What SATA controler are you using in your box? What does lspci report? It sounds to me like the driver you are using is not playing well with your SATA controler or drive. It could be related to crappy HW or a driver issue. When you system boots the drive says online and behaves ok? You just see device trouble when you boot up correct? Is it possible to capture the boot messages from a failed boot (serial console, netconsole)? It can tell alot about why no root fs was found. Most likley no disk were found by the SATA driver. Thanks, Keith