Hi ,
I'm back with another query for a BSP.....N= FS mounting.
I have configured everything correctly.
For booting, via Grub, instead of using DHCP,BOOTP or RARP , I'm just p= assing kernel command line arguments, like :
root (hd0, 0)
kern= el /boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=.... ip=.....
= The kernel boots fine, it takes in almost all the parameters correctly, lik= e, bootserver, rootserver, nfsserver, host ip, host name, gateway ip, etc, = etc......
However, the parameter rootpath= is left blank.
The error following this is as follows,
VFS:Cannot open root dev= ice "nfs" ro 00:ff
Please append a correct "root=&qu= ot; boot option.
Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 00:ff
What is this "00:ff" and what is wrong with /dev/nfs? = I have created this pseudo -device as follows :
mknod -m 644 nfs c 0 = 255
Mitul, Chetan....any suggestions?
Rase= el.
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I'm back with another query for a BSP.....NFS mounting.
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Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 00:ff
Is'nt it linux's most feared error ? And the "panic" word doesn't help much =)
What is this "00:ff" and what is wrong with /dev/nfs?
Funnily I remembered a tech-support query joke on the same lines: "Who is this General Error and why is he trying to access my drive"
created this pseudo -device as follows :
mknod -m 644 nfs c 0 255
All said and done I'll put my money on the rootfstype flag. If you've compiled the filesytem into the kernel then fine, else this is a saviour.
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Chetan S -
Raseel Bhagat