Booting Problem on Alpha machine

wllxtt · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 1

I followed the instructions but it failed at the fist reoobt.

VFS:Cannot open root device "sdb2" or unknow-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option.......

My fstab is
/dev/sdb2 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/sdb1 / swap sw 0 0

The aboot.config
0:2/boot/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sdb2

Thanks!!

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jeffd · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 22 Location: Mass

For you aboot.conf entry, try:

0:2/boot/vmlinux.gz ro root=/dev/sdb2

since your / filesystem is ext3.