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compiling the kernel
Name: Godgory Date: March 26, 2005 at 12:04:58 Pacific OS: Slack10 CPU/Ram: Tbird@900/256DDR
Comment:
Hi, everyone! Since autumn I try to compile the 2.6.8.1 kernel on my Slackware box without success because of it sais that it cannot mount the root device (3,2). I did compile multiple times the kernel without any problem, but since autumn I cannot compile it again! (and this makes me mad! :) ) I add that the system files are installed on hda2 with an reiserfs filesystem; I did include reiserfs support in the kernel and tryed various combinations I thought might influence this. But every time it says: "Root device is (3,2)". What means (3,2) anyway? And if that is worng how can I modify it? I need your help! Alex G.
Name: nilbus Date: March 26, 2005 at 20:36:30 Pacific
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in your menu.lst (or grub.conf) file, a root partition is specified. This is your /boot partition, where the kernel is stored.
(3,2) refers to /dev/hdd3 (disk, partition). It sounds like the root for grub (/boot) used to be (3,2), but has moved?
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Response Number 2
Name: Godgory Date: March 27, 2005 at 11:43:07 Pacific
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No, nothing moved. /boot is not a disk pertition, it is just a directory under / wich is hda2 and there is no hdd3. hdd is an LG DVD/CD-RW unit. Furthermore, the partition where I've built the kernel is the same as the one where /boot and the kernel file is stored. And I use lilo and I did modify the lilo.conf file.
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