From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.133.68.240] (helo=saidin.asmodean.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15vnCO-0001un-00 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:05:32 -0400 Received: from raul by saidin.asmodean.net with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15vnD0-0001UA-00 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:06:10 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:06:10 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: kernel ramdisk problem Message-ID: <20011022170610.A5679@asmodean.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i From: "Raul A. Gallegos" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Nick Gawronski said the following on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 04:45:31PM -0500: > Hi, I am trying to make a kernel with speakup witch lets me load > compressed root floppy disks like installation root disks in to a ram disk > like slackware 8.0. I am using kernel 2.4.10 and have ramdisk, ramdisk > initrd, ext2, msdos, fat, vfat, umsdos, ext2, iso9660 and all of the > standerd stuff in a rescue disk kernel. My root disk works with the > slackware boot disk but I want to build my own kernel with the speakup cut > and paste features which the slackware boot disk does not have. When I > boot this kernel and the root device is set on /dev/fd0 it panics with > vfs, unable to mount root fs on 02:00. What could I be doing wrong to > cause this when the slackware boot disk works but mine does not? bye Did you use the scripts that slackware has to build a boot disk? Also, did you use the old config file that comes with the default kernel? Try these things in case you have not. -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net http://www.asmodean.net For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.. Then something happened, which unleashed the power of our imagination... We learned to talk... Pink Floyd - The Division Bell