[slackintosh-users] Re: Befuddling new install issue

  • From: James Lay <jlay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: slackintosh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:55:10 -0600

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:09:23 +0200
Adrian Ulrich <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> > VFS cannot open root device "hdb5" or unknown block (0,0)
> 
> * is hdb5 the correct root-partition?
>   If it isn't: append 'root=/dev/hdXY' while booting
> * Did you compile-in support for MAC-IDE Controllers
>   and your rootfilesystem?
>   (Slackintosh doesn't use an initrd while booting)

hdb5 boots fine off of the stock slackintosh install, so I think I'm ok
there.

I have mac-ide compiled in as well as apple uni-north and macintosh
partition types.  I'm kinda stumped now :(

James

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