[linux-lvm] Failed to boot 2.6.6 with root on lvm

Jeffrey Layton jtlayton at poochiereds.net
Mon Jun 21 16:20:33 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 13:12, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote:

> If I tell grub:
> root=/dev/ram0 lvm2root=/dev/vg00/root_lv I get the following messages  
> at boot :
> [ ... ]
> device-mapper: 4.1.0-ioct (2003-12-10) initialised: dm at uk.syistina.com
> [ ... ]
> VFS cannot open root device "ram0" or unknown-block (0,0)
> Please apped a correct "root=" boot option

Do you have an appropriate initrd line in the GRUB stanza? Also, do you
have initrd support built into your kernel?
-- Jeff





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