boot error using /dev/mtdblock0

[Josh Boyer]

On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 13:55 -0700, rolf liu wrote:
> I am using /dev/mtdblock0 as the root, and put a jffs2 image on it.
> but when the kernel boots up, it panic:
> 
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,0)
> 
> Any suggestion?

Put this on your kernel command line:

rootfstype=jffs2

We really need to update the FAQ with that.  *sigh*

josh