Re: [coLinux-users] CoLinux 0.6.4 problem

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Bill C. Riemers wrote:
> I was trying to use coLinux 0.6.4, but no matter what I try it won't 
> recognize the root file system.  It seems like the problem is either the 
> initrd.gz file, or the kernel.  I am not sure which.  For example I 
> downloaded the Debian image and renamed it root_fs so I could use the 

You should have unzip the image with bunzip2.exe
http://www.henrynestler.com/colinux/tools/bzip2-102-x86-win32.zip

The file Debian-3.0r2.ext3-mit-backports.1gb.bz2 is the latest debian 
and should have a size of exactly 1GB after unpacking.

For the first boot you can also boot without initrd.  Remove initrd from 
the xml config (or comment it out).

> default.colinux.xml file.  (That way I am certain I am not making a 
> typo.)  But this is what I get:
> 
> $ ./colinux-daemon.exe -c default.colinux.xml

Please start coLinux not from a CygWin.  Use a simple command prompt.
The image file, you have renamed to 'root_fs' should exist in the 
directory c:\coLinux\, if use the default.colinux.xml, check it with an 
simple 'dir c:\coLinux\root_fs' in the same command prompt, you later 
try to start coLinux with:
	cd c:\coLinux
	dir c:\coLinux\root_fs
	colinux-daemon.exe -c default.colinux.xml

> Cooperative Linux Daemon, 0.6.4
> Compiled on Mon May 29 22:19:09 2006
> 
> mapping cobd0 to \DosDevices\c:\coLinux\root_fs
> mapping cobd1 to \DosDevices\c:\coLinux\swap_device
> [...]
> VFS: Cannot open root device "cobd0" or unknown-block(117,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
> unknown-block(117,0)

This is mostly an typofix in your filename of root_fs,
or you have not uncompressed it,
or the image file is demarged or incomplete.

If you use the windows explorer, be shure, that you see the file 
extension "*.bz2", it's default hidden.

-- 
Henry