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Ah, after you dd'd the kernel to the boot disk, did you use rdev to tell the kernel where the root filesystem is?
rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda1 # Instead of /dev/hda1, please specify your root partition of you LFS install
Dont know if you need to do this one:
rdev -R /dev/fd0 1 # mount root file system readonly
or
rdev -R /dev/fdo 0 # mount root file system as read/write
1. Something to do pehaps with the mehod of building the system( from the base distro). For example, when I did "df -m" I always got /dev/Root instead of /dev/hda10 as in the /etc/fstab. Also, the boot directory has two kernel, one is vmlinuz-2/4/18-3 and lfskernel. Somehow, the later has been the one that the system used. I haven't been able to change the name.
2. The synchronization of the two lilos( base distro's and lfs' own ) had a bad effect since when I /sbin/lilo in the lfs system, it also affect the base distro to the point rendering it unbootable. So, I reinstalled them both SEPARATELY.
hehe. I asked myself the same question. The fact is the /dev/Root is always listed in the /proc/mounts of any linux system I know, but it never appeared when I ran the df -m , except now.
>You built your LFS on hda10?
yes, /dev/hda10 is the root partition and hda11 is the /home.
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