Re: root=/dev/sda1 fails but root=0x0801 works...

On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:42:44AM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:

> This is expected behavior.  The kernel doesn't have a /dev at the time 
> it mounts the root fs so it has no idea what /dev/sda1 is.

Incorrect.  Read init/do_mounts.c::name_to_dev_t().
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