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Re: Problem with SGI XFS for Red Hat 7.0 Installer on SGI 1200

To: Tom Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Problem with SGI XFS for Red Hat 7.0 Installer on SGI 1200
From: Ken Murchison <ken@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:06:22 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Oceana Matrix Ltd.
References: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102201158210.25923-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Tom Duffy wrote:
> 
> this is most likely a problem with the initrd.  probably did not complete
> or that it could not find the appropriate module to use for scsi
> controller.
> 
> did you install the latest mkinitrd that we have with mods to work with
> xfs?

I don't know.  Is this independent of the SGI XFS ISO image?  BTW, the
/boot partition is also XFS, so how could it access sda1 and not sda5?

Thanks,
Ken

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Ken Murchison wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to install the XFS pre-release on a stock SGI 1200.
> > Installation goes fine, and on the initial reboot, I receive the
> > following kernel error:
> >
> > VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05
> >
> > What's the deal with this?  The root XFS filesystem IS on sda5.  Is this
> > a problem with the initrd image, the kernel, devfs, missing /dev
> > entries?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken
> >

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