"Erick Stohr" <evisuale at mn.mediaone.net> wrote: > > I am getting this erro message when booting my linux system, happens > when the partitions are being checked: > > request_module[block-major-8]:Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root file device 08:32 > Kernal panic VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:32 > > Any ideas? I have booted and looked at the system with "rescue" mode and > run fsck on the partitions, but have no idea what else to do. thanks for > any help. [mike at 3po][~]$ ls -l /dev|egrep '8, +32' brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 32 Apr 14 19:43 sdc Looks like your LILO configuration is telling the kernel to mount /dev/sdc as the root device. This is probably wrong, as very few people use the whole disk. Most of the time, you use a partition, referenced like /dev/sdc1. If you remember what device your root partition is on, you can try to tell the kernel where it is at the LILO prompt by typing `linux root=/dev/sdc1' or whatever is appropriate for your system. Someone should really make a patch to the kernel that searches for a partition that looks like a root device, or allows the user to select one if several seem to exist.. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ We all live in a yellow / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ subroutine. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010922/5ba9b6d2/attachment.pgp