Which disk device driver

From: John Smith (netman1_at_home.nl)
Date: 05/23/04

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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 13:14:40 +0200

    Hi All,

            installed a new 3.0r2 box with (obviously) 2.4.18-bf2.4.
    Tried to upgrade to 2.4.26 by installing the kernel-image but
    booting with it aborts with

    "VFS: Cannot open root device "805" or 08:05
    Please append a correct "root=" boot option
    Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05"

    The root= option in /etc/lilo.conf is identical between both
    kernel versions, and since 2.4.18 boots, is obviously correct.

    My conclusion is that the disk device driver is not compiled
    or loaded in at the 2.4.26, so I probably need to build a new
    kernel. My questions are wether my logic is right and how I can
    find out which device driver is being used in the 2.4.18 kernel
    for the disk.

    Sincerely,

    Jan. 

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