https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483136 Summary: boot fails with cmdline root=LABEL= syntax (could not find /dev/root) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Alpha 0 Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mrmazda@ij.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Created an attachment (id=277819) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=277819) tgz of current & prior /var/log messages & boot.msg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081212 SeaMonkey/1.1.14 (PmW) Current kernel is 2.6.29-rc6-git1-2-pae, but this has been going on with several kernel upgrades since before Christmas. Boot halts with "waiting for device /dev/root to appear ... could not find /dev/root ... want to fall back to /dev/dev/disk/by-id/...part10". On answering y, boot proceeds normally. Previously working cmdline kernel /boot/vmlinuz showopts root=LABEL=S16A-10factory causes above message. If I replace root=LABEL=S16A-10factory with root=/dev/sda10 then boot proceeds normally. This is my bug 397816 P4/ICH4 (Dell GX260) system, which has been on ata_piix and dm_linear for the 11.1 Factory. I've tried my best to eradicate dm_linear support for the / (only) HD in 11.2 Factory, as described in http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-02/msg00335.html thread, but this problem has survived my attempt to (possibly successfully) convert. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Try to boot using root=LABEL= cmdline syntax Actual Results: Boot halts Expected Results: Boot proceeds normally Looks a lot like bug 300550 . When I boot a very old 2.6.24 11.0 Factory kernel and initrd with piix /, boot proceeds normally, with / mounted on /dev/hda10. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.