In the case of -ENODEV, the kernel would spit out
<QUOTE>
Kernel Panic: Couldnt mount /dev/sda1 on root fs, perhaps you forgot to
compile in scsi support?
</QUOTE>
An alternative would be for "make zImage" or lilo to bitch at you that you
dont have kernel modules/kernel support for the root device.
-Dan
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