Re: Kernel panic.. in 3.0 Enterprise Linux

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Mon Jan 05 2004 - 07:25:43 EST


On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Christophe Saout wrote:
> Am Mo, den 05.01.2004 schrieb neel vanan um 12:56:
>
> > VFS cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or unknown block
> > (0,0)
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block(0,0)
>
> LABEL= is a RedHat extension. Please use the normal root options that is
> described in the Grub or kernel documentation.

It's not even a Red Hat extension. The LABEL= stuff is
done entirely in userspace, on the initrd.

If you do not want to use an initrd, you need to use the
normal root options instead, something like root=/dev/hda3

--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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