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Jules

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Registered: 2005-12-20

Posts: 27

Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed [solved]

Hi all,

I just installed Arch linux and thought it would a good idea to upgrade the kernel. I obviously forgot something important.

I did alter menu.lst like

kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda ro vga=773
initrd /boot/initrd26.img

Startup ends with:

mount: Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed: No such device or address
pivot_root: pivot_root: No such file or directory
umount: /initrd: No such file file or directory
umount: /initrd: No such file file or directory
Initial RAMDISK Loading Completed...
Freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed

BusyBox v1.01 (2005.12.15-00:18+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
#

Anyone who knows what I forgot?
Reinstallation is no problem, I was just getting started.

Cheers,
Jules

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed [solved]

Well, for sure root shouldn't be '/dev/hda' alone. You possibly had '/dev/hda1' on mind (or maybe some other partition).

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed [solved]

Well, for sure root shouldn't be '/dev/hda' alone. You possibly had '/dev/hda1' on mind (or maybe some other partition).

Agreed, lucke has the right of it.  /dev/hda is the full disk, where /dev/hdaN {N=1..9} is the partition - root should be set to a specific partition, not the entire drive.

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comick

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Registered: 2005-09-13

Posts: 11

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Re: Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed [solved]

i had the same problem installing on encrypted partition like explained on that doc on the wiki : http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Enc … Filesystem

The system arrive asking me for the filesystem password, and the the output is the same of this topic's forst message.

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Jules

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Registered: 2005-12-20

Posts: 27

Re: Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed [solved]

Well, for sure root shouldn't be '/dev/hda' alone. You possibly had '/dev/hda1' on mind (or maybe some other partition).

You're right, it says:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro vga=773
initrd /boot/initrd26.img

Jules

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Registered: 2005-12-20

Posts: 27

Re: Mounting /dev/root on /new_root failed [solved]

Oops, my brandnew laptop has a SATA drive.