[Voyage-linux] Booting from CF card

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Chris,

No idea, but is it a sata harddisk?  I might be unsupported on voyage.  
Please post "dmesg" and "cat /proc/partitions".  BTW what voyage version 
you are using?

Regards,
Punky
> 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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>>
>>
>


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Regards,
Punky

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