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

[Tom Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?

-tduffy

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
>