[linux-lvm] LVM on root, Kernel panic: "I have no root and I must scream"

[Goetz Bock]

On Fri, Apr 27 '01 at 22:47, Luca Berra wrote:
> > After activating vg00 and umounting /proc (in initrd/linuxrc), the system 
> > dies:
> > 
> > Kernel panic: I have no root and I must scream!
> > 
> i use lilo not grub,
Me too ;-)

IMNSHO the problem is neither lilo nor grub.

The kernel does not know what device to boot from, check ther kernele
boot device (rdev /boot/my_kernel) after running lilo / grub. Probably
the device id changes between boots. use rdev to explicitely set it to
/dev/vg00/root.

Cu,
    Goetz.
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