Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> David M Noriega wrote:
>
>> I have RH9, and I am trying to install the latest kernel, 2.4.21. It
>> compiles fine, no probs there. I even used the make install command
>> which
>> adds the new kernel to the grub.conf file. When it comes to reboot and i
>> pick 2.4.21, the kernel panics when it tries to mount the root directory.
>> It has root=LABEL=/ as a boot option. The kernel says cant find device
>> "LABEL=/" use proper "root=" boot option. My boot directory is at
>> /dev/hde2, root is at /dev/hde5. I have tried setting root=/dev/hde5 at
>> startup, doesnt work. My hd is a 60gig Western Digital that is connected
>> to a pci card since my bios is too old to support the drive. Please help,
>> I really want to see whats so good about the 2.4.21 kernel.

> Label and root are on separate lines
> label=linux (for example)
> root=/dev/hde5
>
> seems to be what you need. Label is what appears in your LILO menu, so it
> must be unique. Up the top, default=(put here the label of the image you
> want to be the default.)

I think you misunderstand his posting.
His LABEL refers to the partition label,
which can be used in place of the device name.

I would advise replacing LABEL=/ in lilo.conf
by the actual device, eg root=/dev/hde5 ,
and running LILO to get it written
(preferably in the MBR of the first disk).

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