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   Unruh to Tamer Higazi   
   Re: can't boot, "block device is not a v   
   06 Sep 08 18:02:46   
   
   XPost: alt.linux   
   From: unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca   
      
   Tamer Higazi  writes:   
      
   >Hi J.O. Aho,   
   >Thanks for your reply.   
      
   >J.O. Aho schrieb:   
   >> Don't multipost, it's a bad way to do things, if you have to post   
   >> something to more than to one newsgroup, then do a cross post (similar   
   >> to email cc), to a handful relevant newsgroups. When multiposting, you   
   >> have easier to see if someone has replied, others will see if you got an   
   >> answer and has the possibility to give further help.   
      
   >sorry, won't make it again. I thought different newsgroups, different   
   >people with different ideas.   
      
   Then cross post. Note that you posted twice to this group.   
      
      
   >> Suggestions: Check that you did compile ext3 support.   
   >> Check that you did store the files on sda5 and not on a different slice.   
      
   >root fs IS /dev/sda5.   
      
   / MUST have /etc, /lib, /bin on it(together with their contents) . If you   
   decided for some reason to put   
   those onto a different partition, you destroyed yourself.   
      
      
   >> Suggestion: Compile in everything you need for the boot process into the   
   >> kernel, then you don't have to use initrd and your bootup sequence will   
   >> be faster.   
   >>   
      
   >Produces the same nonsense as built-in the kernel version or as module   
   >only.   
      
   >Any further ideas?!   
      
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