Re: could not find filesystem /dev/root

[Mathieu SEGAUD]

Vous m'avez dit récemment :

> Trying to compile a new kernel and getting this on boot
>
> could not find filesystem /dev/root

sure it doesn't spit only this to you. Does it panic ? and do FC6
kernels use an initrd (I guess so) ?

> It boots up fine with the stock FC6 kernel. What am I missing?

many reasons can prevent you from booting a vanilla kernel on modern distros

try to figure out what is really exec'ed _after_ the kernel
initialization and _before_ init execution
(hint: initramfs)

-- 
Mathieu Segaud
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