>> >> >1) If I tell milo to boot from the CD, with the command
>> >> > boot -t iso9660 scd0:kernels/pc164.gz root=/dev/scd0
>> >> >the initial boot goes fine, but then I get the complaint that the
>> >> >root device at some address cannot be accessed:
>> >> >"VFS: Cannot open root device 0b:00
>> >> >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 0b:00:
>> >>
>> >> This will never work.
>> >
>> >Why? this is what the redhat manual tells me :-(
>>
>> Thats a Red hat question. We've never seen it work reliable, from time to
>> time but never solid.
>
>Just another data point. I have right now, temporary, pc164 machine
>here. It is not without its problems, but
> boot -t iso9660 scd0:kernels/pc164.gz root=/dev/scd0
>works like a clockwork every time. Just to make sure that I am sane
>and not seeing things I tried it now, and it greeted me with
>an initial screen of Red Hat install. It checks during the boot
>if /tmp is writable, and discovering that it is not it remounts root
>on a ram disk. It may be a question of a controller (the machine
>here has NCR inside). The CD is one from "Red Hat Archives" and a full
>Alpha set.
You may be correct and it may infact now be working. To be honest haven't
tried it on 4.0, had problems on 3.0.3. It could be an Adaptec 2940
conflict that we use. However, it been some time that we've used that
command, I'll look into it again.
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Steve
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