[Voyage-linux] Booting from CF card

[Chris]

Hi,

Thanks for the help, but still no luck. Volume is called ROOT_FS and I 
tried changing kernel parameter to "root=/dev/hda" and "root=/dev/hda1" 
no luck.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Chris

Punky Tse wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Check to see if your root fs has ROOT_FS volume label.  If not, label 
> the fs with ROOT_FS.  Or change grub to use "root=/dev/hda" for kernel 
> parameter.
>
> Punky
>
> Chris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am booting for a PC with a CF card Hard drive. I completed 
>> installation on my Ubuntu standard PC and it worked fine.
>> When it's booting and it comes to:
>> Begin:  Waiting for root file system ...
>>
>> It pauses for about 5 minutes and then says:
>> Give up waiting for root device (and displays some common problem 
>> solutions)
>> Then it drops to:
>> (initramfs)
>>
>> My Grub settings look like this:
>>
>> timeout 5
>> default 0
>>
>> title voyage-linux-19Nov08
>> root (hd0,0)
>> kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=ROOT_FS
>> initrd /initrd.img
>>
>> Is this right?
>> I haven't changed anything from standard installation.
>> I have searched forums, and there is probably something very simple 
>> to fix this, but I can't find anything as yet.
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance!
>> Chris
>>
>>
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