[Voyage-linux] Booting from CF card

[Punky Tse]

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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