"Eef Hartman" <E.J.M.Hartman@math.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
news:9c08a$42306b30$82a1d217$7267@news2.tudelft.nl ...
> In alt.os.linux.slackware Lars <noemail@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > When I boot, I hold down the left shift key to get the boot prompt and
then
> > specify "mount root=/dev/hda3" but it still prompts for root floppies.
What
> > am I missing??
>
> I think you must specify the ram disk option too, to prevent it from
> putting its root ON that ramdisk.
> Forgot what the exact syntax was (initrd=no or such), but the help
> text did always mention it.

Thanks for your replies, guys. I have tried the following at the boot
prompt:

vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3
vmlinuz ramdisk=0 root=/dev/hda3
vmlinuz load_ramdisk=0 root=/dev/hda3
vmlinuz prompt_ramdisk=0 root=/dev/hda3
mount root=/dev/hda3 load_ramdisk=0

But I still get:
VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER

The boot disk contents:
1248111 Jun 18 2004 vmlinuz
154843 Jun 18 2004 System.map.gz
1077 Jun 18 2004 message.txt
8204 Jun 18 2004 ldlinux.sys
653 Jun 18 2004 f1.txt
41017 Jun 18 2004 config
387 Sep 10 12:00 syslinux.cfg

What am I missing???

Thanks,
Lars