Bug 83235

Summary:	Catalyst 1.1.0 produced iso fails on boot (std spec files for livecd)
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Euan Clark <holler.loudly>
Component:	Catalyst	Assignee:	Gentoo Catalyst Developers <catalyst>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Output from stage 1 Output for stage 2 catalyst.conf livecd-stage1_template.spec livecd-stage2_template.spec catalyst-env.sh kernel-config

Description Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:10:07 UTC

Learning catalyst - followed the instructions using unaltered spec (stage 1 stage 2) files for creating a livecd. Stage 1 & 2 appear to be fine.
On boot (in vmware 4.5.2) get an error message:

VFS: Cannot open root device "ram0" or 01:00
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:15:28 UTC

Created attachment 52066 [details]
Output from stage 1

Comment 2 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:16:10 UTC

Created attachment 52067 [details]
Output for stage 2

Comment 3 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:17:16 UTC

Created attachment 52068 [details]
catalyst.conf

Comment 4 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:18:12 UTC

Created attachment 52069 [details]
livecd-stage1_template.spec

Comment 5 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:18:48 UTC

Created attachment 52070 [details]
livecd-stage2_template.spec

Comment 6 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:19:21 UTC

Created attachment 52071 [details]
catalyst-env.sh

Comment 7 Euan Clark 2005-02-24 15:20:02 UTC

Created attachment 52072 [details]
kernel-config

Comment 8 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-24 15:47:39 UTC

You really should use newer catalyst versions, as 1.1.0 has been removed from portage for a while.  Also, I recommend only using cascaded profiles, and not the deprecated flat profiles.

Anyway, if you still have this same problem with catalyst 1.1.5, then REOPEN, please.