can't boot without "root=..." on kernel cmdline

[almesber en lrc.di.epfl.ch]

Jesse Pollard wrote:
> umm. The last time I got this type of error it was because I had just gotten
> my SCSI controler and copied the kernel to the new disk from an IDE system
> disk....

Then it would have said something like
VFS: Cannot open root device 03:01
not
VFS: Cannot open root device 00:80

No, this doesn't look like the average mis-configuration.

- Werner

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