Subject: Re: installing onto slave IDE drive
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 21 2000 - 11:45:18 MST
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Jim Potter wrote:
> Yes, and I think I've been through all of the yaboot.conf and bootscript
> issues; the kernel loads but panics when it cannot mount the root fs:
>
> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
Then apparently you need to specify an explicit root device in your
yaboot.conf.
> Hey, do I need to screw around with /etc/fstab (etc) before shutting down and
> reconfiguring the drive drom master to slave? Does the fstab file get used
> on shutdown, and won't it make for tricky booting if done wrong?
I think it's safe to modify before shutdown. At least, that's the way I've
done it in the past... Worst case it's an fsck.
-Hollis
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