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Re: Booting linux Red Hat install from MILO on XL233 ?

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For reasons unknown, MILO and the kernel call the
cdrom by different names. Try root=/dev/scd0 and see what happens.
I think that's right. If not, we'll hear about it.....
HTH,
-ls-

niaam <niaam@adelphia.net> wrote:
> I am new to the list and the Alpha, so this may be a question that has been
> covered many times. If so, I apologize. Here goes, I have installed MILO and
> am trying to boot the Red Hat installer from the CD with:
>
> MILO> boot sr0:/kernels/generic.gz root=/dev/sr0
>
> all goes well till I get this message:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
>
>
> Ant suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
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