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03-03-2009, 02:07 PM	#1
neiln LQ Newbie Registered: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 Rep:	VFS: Cannot open root device I am using linux 2.6.10. I crossed compile the gcc for host=cygwin, and target=ARM9 platform. a) I succeeded generating the cross-compiled tool. b) I built non-compressed image, load and run up to kernel_init. I seem to be stuck in the "prepare_namespace()" function. The error message says that: VFS: Cannot open root device"ram0" or unknown block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Can someone please tell me what is wrong here? I am really stuck, please help... Neil

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