Unable to mount root fs

Johannes Johannsson (jjohanns@sewanee.edu)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:44:48 -0500

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Hello,

I have installed Redhat linux on ANS 500 following the instructions on
ftp://ftp.emji.net/pub/ans/README.html.

It boots up fine from a floppy disk using: 'boot fd:vmlinux.coff
root=/dev/sda4'
(Starting X windows does not work though)
When it tries to boot from the hard disk the following message shows up.

VFS: Cannot open root device 08:04
Kernel panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:04

/etc/fstab looks like that:

        /dev/sda4 / ext2 defaults 1 1
       /dev/sda2 /boot ext2 defaults 1 0
       /dev/sda5 /home ext2 defaults 1 0
       /dev/sda8 /opt ext2 defaults 1 0
       /dev/sda7 /usr ext2 defaults 1 0
       /dev/sda6 /var ext2 defaults 1 0
       /dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
        /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0
        none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/boot/quik.conf:
timeout=300
image = /vmlinux
        label =linux
        root = /dev/sda4

Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks
Johannes johannsson

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