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

[Lars Bjørndal]

Lane Brooks <lbrooks at MIT.EDU> writes:

> 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.

Can you specify these options in the kickstart file while using
revisor? How is the syntax?

Thanks!

Lars
> 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