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Re: initrd showing root at 1,9 when it's at 0,0 new kernel wont boot: msg#00090

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Subject: Re: initrd showing root at 1,9 when it's at 0,0 new kernel wont boot


> this is odd. I ususally use "make install" when
> building a kernwel to take care of initrd but I
> noted
> it said this
>
> tools/build -b bbootsect bsetup
> compressed/bvmlinux.out CURRENT > bzImage
> Root device is (9, 1)
> Boot sector 512 bytes.
> Setup is 2533 bytes.
> System is 1098 kB
> warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from
> floppy
>
> should I be using the "#boot=/dev/hde" in my
> grub.conf?
>
> My grub.con looks like this
> default=2
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/md1
> hdb=ide-scsi
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20.img
>
> title linux
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-26.8.0 ro
> root=/dev/md1
> hdb=ide-scsi
> initrd /initrd-2.4.18-26.8.0.img
>
>
> The stock kernel boots just fine but 2.4.20 says it
> cannot start modprobe then dies saying cannot locate
> root dev @ 9,1.
>
> Ahh, help
>
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