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Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Debian load help
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:25:42 -0600
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 03:41:30PM -0600, Matt Pankratz wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm trying to load Debian on a SUN Netra T1 200
> 
> I get part way through the install and it blows off with:
> 
> VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 00:00
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option

Looks like you don't need a boot= option but rather a root= one, giving
the location of the root filesystem for the installer.  From the logs of
it, you could say root=/dev/hda and get the right thing.  My guess would
be that it just needs the path to your CD-ROM drive.

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