Re: address@hidden: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd]

[Gordon Matzigkeit]

> ----- Forwarded message from Laurent Bonnaud <address@hidden> -----
> 
> >  - I also tried passing the root= option as an hex value.  I used:
> > 
> > title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.12-686
> > root            (hd0,0)
> > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.12-686 root=0x4801 ro
> > initrd          /boot/initrd-2.4.12-686
> > savedefault
> > 
> > because DAC960 device files are like this:
> > 
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   0 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   1 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p1
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   2 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p2
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   3 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p3
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   4 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p4
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   5 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p5
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   6 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p6
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      48,   7 May  5  2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p7

``48, 1'' is 0x3001, not 0x4801.

Maybe try that, but I can't say that I know what your problem is.

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