Re: Kernel 2.1.131 doesn't finish booting

Ben 'The Con Man' Kahn (xkahn@cybersites.com)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 21:02:11 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > I installed RedHat 5.2 and then downloaded 2.1.131 and compiled
> > it. When I rebooted, everything started up fine, but then, when it got to
> > this line:

> Check you have the root fs set right in your 2.1.x build/lilo file

Why of course I checked that! What kind of moron do you think I
am, anyway?! Why, look at this file! It's.... It's.... Wait a minute.
/dev/sda8 is the root?! Doh! Alright, so I'm that kind of moron. :^)
Thanks. I was pulling my hair out.

-Ben

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