Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for the Itanium Processor Family

Support Note for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for the Itanium® Processor Family
Issues and Known Problems
Chapter 118
init=
or
VFS root not found
To fix the problem:
a. Remove any disks you've added since you last booted your system.
b. Invoke parted /dev/sdX where sdX is the disk where your root partition resides.
c. Use name command to assign "/" as a LABEL to the root file system. help name from
inside parted explains the syntax you should use, e.g. name 1 /
d. Manually verify root= "LABEL= /" is in each image section of the
/boot/efi/SuSE/elilo.conf file.
Ex.:
==== sample elilo.conf for mounting root partition by label ====
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.25smp
label=linux
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-e.Nsmp.img
read-only
root="LABEL=/"
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8 hdd=ide-scsi"
image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.25
label=linux-up
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-e.25.img
read-only
root="LABEL=/"
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8 hdd=ide-scsi"
==== sample elilo.conf for mounting root partition by label ====
e. Manually verify "LABEL"=/" entry is in the /etc/fstab.
===== sample fstab for mounting root device by label =====
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0