From: System Administrator (root@darktower.wastelands.com)
Date: 08/31/93


From: root@darktower.wastelands.com (System Administrator)
Subject: Re: What's wrong with 'Bootlin'
Date: 31 Aug 1993 20:21:47 GMT

In article <93244.010849UNIT699@twnmoe10.bitnet>,
 <UNIT699@TWNMOE10.BITNET> wrote:
>Recently I got BOOTLIN for my Linux , but when I using
> SHELL = C:"BOOTLIN"BOOTLIN.COM C:"BOOTLIN"ZIMAGE
>where I got ZIMAGE from Linux root directory .
>When I boot my system there is an error about 'Can't not mount root',
>then system halt.
>What's wrong with it ? Is that wrong with ZIMAGE ?

Does this zImage file mount the correct root partition?
the easiest way to make sure is to use rdev and tell this kernel image
what the root partition is:

rdev zImage /dev/hda1 <- for example if your root partition is /dev/hda1

rdev can also tell the kernel where your swap is and what video mode to go
into at bootup.

rdev -s zImage /dev/hdb4 <- set swap space to be /dev/hdb4
rdev -v zImage 3 <- use video mode 3 (-3 is the flag for query)

 -liem

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