kernel panic on boot

[Shawn Protsman]

Hi Stefan,

I have /dev/sda6 (previously /dev/sdb6) entered as the root device in 
BootX.  I mentioned this in the first post.  Nevertheless this didn't 
work.  I'm certain this is the correct.  I have looked at my partition 
map too many times now while second guessing myself.

I tried entering the "initrd..." string and that didn't work either.  
My next attempt will be to use Ben's kernel.  This is sucking up too 
much time.  It was supposed to be a quick little project here in the 
office to set this box up as a firewall.  Little did I know what was 
before me.


On Thursday, Aug 21, 2003, at 21:30 US/Central, Stefan Jeglinski wrote:

>> Thank you for the advice.  I tried adding root=/dev/sdb6 to the 'More 
>> Kernel Arguments' field in BootX.  This didn't work.  After I 
>> switched the order of my SCSI drives I then tried root=/dev/sda6 
>> which had the same result.  I know I'm missing something here.  If 
>> entering the above as a BootX kernel argument then how does one set 
>> the root device correctly in my bootloader?
>
> ?? With BootX there is no need to do what you are saying. Right there 
> in front of you, in the BootX splash screen, is the field "Root 
> Device: /dev/". Just enter "sdb6" (or whatever) in that field. If you 
> are sure about what partition you installed the root directory in, 
> you're done, and your particular problem lies elsewhere - see the 
> other responses to this thread. The "initrd=..." suggestion may work - 
> I've not tried it.
>
>
> Stefan Jeglinski
>