[Fedora-livecd-list] cant find filesystem /dev/root

[Lane Brooks]

I finally found a way around that I am posting to the list in case it 
helps someone else.  Things started working when I started building 
initrd using the --with ata_generic --with libata options.

Lane

Lane Brooks wrote:
> I am using the latest image-creator tool from the git repo to create an
> custom fedora image based on fedora 8.
> 
> When I try to boot either from the physical image or in qemu, I get the
> following error:
> 
> mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
> 
> and then eventually switchroot fails and the system hangs.  I have tried
> the original kernel and the latest released kernel.  I have rebuilt
> initrd based on hda1, sda1, etc. in the /etc/fstab file and get the same
> problem.  I have tried grub, extlinux, and even booting directly in
> qemu.  No matter what I get this error.
> 
> The only thing I have gotten to work is to download a vanilla kernel and
> build and install it manually.  It seems as though the fedora kernel
> does not find the ide drives, although I cannot verify this because the
> text scrolls too quickly for me to see.
> 
> Anyone know what the problem is?  I am not sure if this is the best list
> to ask this question, so perhaps even suggesting a more appropriate list
> would be helpful too.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lane Brooks
> 
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