[syslinux] Convert ISOLINUX into PXELINUX

Ferenc Wagner wferi at niif.hu
Tue Jun 24 08:50:32 PDT 2008


"Mathieu Terrasson" <m.terrasson.linux at gmail.com> writes:

> Actually i'm using PXELINUX, When I boot the SYPLINUX.GZ (extract from
> the iso) I get this error :
>
> VFS: Cannit open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(3,5)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,5)
>
> Is the error comes from PXELINUX configuation, or the image ?

$ ls -l /dev/hda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 2008-06-12 15:07 /dev/hda5

It's Linux trying to mount the root filesystem from the first hard
disk.  I will have a hard time to do it over the network...  But (3,5)
is rather strange to me, I know nothing about syplinux.
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.




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