Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01

Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01

Post by Thomas Okke » Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:00:00




>         Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01

The device & partition number for the root partition is compiled into
the kernel, and in your case it's wrong: 08:01 is (I think) /dev/sda1.
You need to use /usr/sbin/rdev to fix this; check out its manpage;
or use the DOS version (run it without arguments for help).

 - Thomas.
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