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Date: 17 Oct 2001 16:21:18 +0200
From: Piotr Synowiec <mysiar@...sky.pl>
To: OWL LIST <owl-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: instalation

my  lilo.conf is
boot=/dev/hda
and 
root=/dev/hda1

Piotr

On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 16:02, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 03:40:19PM +0200, Piotr Synowiec wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > It is my first attempt to install OWL linux
> > I got ISO image from current dir.
> > whole instalation went easy until rebooting.
> > 
> > my system doesn't want to mount my root filesystem
> > with the message:
> > 
> > Invalid session number or type of track
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03
> 
> Well, it seems that your root= settings is incorrect.  What device did
> you install to and what did you specify as the root?
> 
> 3:3 is /dev/hda3, but the kernel looks for isofs there?  Did you
> mistakenly specify your CD-ROM device instead of your hard disk?
> 
> -- 
> /sd


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