Re: [Xen-devel] ttylinux unable to mount root fs on gentoo

[Mark Williamson <Mark.Williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  Using 0801 instead of /dev/sda1 yields the following for both the file and
> lvm disk:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "0801" or unknown-block(8,1)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(8,1)

Ooops, what I meant was: put 0801 in the disk=[] line.  Leave the 
root=/dev/sda1 as it is.

Cheers,
Mark

> --
> karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Saturday 29 January 2005 07:41, Mark Williamson wrote:
> > Interesting...
> >
> > Does /dev/sda1 exist in dom0?  (I'm guessing not as you'll be using udev
> > or devfs).  What happens if you specify 0801 instead of /dev/sda1 in your
> > config file?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
> > On Saturday 29 January 2005 05:56, Karl Higgins wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a gentoo box running xen 2.0.3 which is unable to boot the
> > > ttylinux image from sourceforge. I compiled xen, xen0, and xenU from
> > > sources.
> > >
> > > I have attempted to boot the xenU kernel with / in a file and a logical
> > > volume and get the same message either way.
> > >
> > > error message:
> > >
> > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(8,1)
> > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > > unknown-block(8,1)
> > >
> > > config file passed to "xm create ...":
> > >
> > > kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-xenU"
> > > memory = 64
> > > name = "ttylinux"
> > > nics = 1
> > > #disk = [ 'phy:hdX_vg/ttylinux_lv,sda1,w' ]
> > > disk = [ 'file:/root/ttylinux-xen,sda1,w' ]
> > > root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
> > > restart = "never"
> > >
> > > --
> > > karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
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