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Re: [Xen-users] Xen boot failed while mount root FS.

To: Taylor Lee <taylorl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen boot failed while mount root FS.
From: Gémes Géza <geza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:59:25 +0200
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Hi,
It seems, that your xen kernel is unhappy with just labels of
partitions, try passing the real partition name, e.g root=/dev/sda3
Good luck

Geza
> Hi,Guys 
>
> I installed Xen3.0.2 on CentOS4.2 platform with xen-3.0.2-src.tgz or
> xen-2.0.7-install-x86_32.tar,but I got below error during boot from Xen
> kernel:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "/" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)
>
> any idea for this issue,it is really appreciated!
>
> More,grub.conf file :
>
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title CentOS-4 i386 (2.6.9-22.ELsmp)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.ELsmp.img
> title CentOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-22.EL)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.EL.img
> title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
>         kernel /xen-3.0.gz console=vga
>         module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=LABEL=/ ro console=tty0 
>
> Regards
>
> --Taylor
>
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