Re: 2.5.19 - 2.5.21 don't boot with devfs

From: gphat@cafes.net
Date: Fri Jun 14 2002 - 10:14:57 EST


I had the same problem, as the familiar /dev/hdN devices were not there.
 
You can likely find them deep /dev/ata/...
 
I adjusted my fstab to use /dev/ata/... devices. I believe I had done that
once for /dev/ide, but then it was switched to ata ;)
 
> Starting from 2.5.19 (x86), booting fails at "Checking root file system..."
> if devfs is mounted; there is no problem if devfs is not mounted. With
> devfs mounted I get:
>
> ....
> Checking root file system...
> fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
> ....
> fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda2
>
> Here is my fstab:
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /windows vfat defaults,user,exec 0 2
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> none /devices driverfs defaults 0 0
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Duncan.
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