Re: cant boot with kernel 2.6.8

From: Greg Madden (gomadtroll_at_gci.net)
Date: 10/07/04

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:50:42 -0800

    On Wednesday 06 October 2004 02:33 pm, Ian Lipsky wrote:
    > I've been trying to get the 2.6.8 kernel installed. But it keeps
    > failing to boot.
    >
    > nforce2 ide controller at pci slot 0000:00:09.0
    > nforce2 chipset revision 162
    > nforce2 not 100% native mode, will probe irqs later
    > nforce2 bios didnt set cable bits correctly, enabling workaround
    >
    > <few more lines of text with nothing that looked like an error>
    >
    > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: unknown partition table
    > NTFS driver 2.1.15 flags R/O MODULE
    > pivot_root: no such file or directory
    > /sbin/init: 426: cannot open dev/console: no such file
    > kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

    No solution but it seems the key is 'pivot_root' There is a man page for
    'pivot_root'. My sentiment is to compile my own kernels without using
    an initrd.img.

    > I've been using google to try and find a solution but so far no luck.
    > My lilo.conf file looks like this:
    >
    > image=/vmlinuz
    > label=Linux
    > read-only
    > initrd=/initrd.img
    >
    > I can boot with the older 2.14.18 kernel with no problem. I tried
    > downloading and installing the nforce drivers from nvidia (even
    > though they just seem to be audio and network drivers, no ide
    > drivers) but i couldnt get that to install either. Tells me gcc
    > version check failed, or if i try to compile it manually tells me
    > make command not found (gcc is installed).
    >
    > Any suggestions?
    >
    > Ian 

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