Re: Kernel panic.. in 3.0 Enterprise Linux

[Rik van Riel <riel _at_ xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Christophe Saout wrote:
> Am Mo, den 05.01.2004 schrieb neel vanan um 12:56:
> 
> > VFS cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or unknown block
> > (0,0)
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block(0,0)
> 
> LABEL= is a RedHat extension. Please use the normal root options that is
> described in the Grub or kernel documentation.

It's not even a Red Hat extension.  The LABEL= stuff is
done entirely in userspace, on the initrd.

If you do not want to use an initrd, you need to use the
normal root options instead, something like root=/dev/hda3

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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