Re: Kernel 2.6.8.1

From: Eric Gaumer (gaumerel_at_ecs.fullerton.edu)
Date: 10/11/04

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    Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:06:21 -0700
    
    
    

    On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 07:02, Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro) wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I'm also installing new kernel.
    > My partitions are EXT3 and i configured them to load in the kernel.
    > Drives are also sata and my current configuration works fine (debian
    > installation from internet).
    >
    > Now i configured my new kernel and when i want to boot it, my latest
    > lines are:
    >
    > VFS: cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
    > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
    > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
    >
    > This means -i think- that it can't *see* the ext3 partition but i
    > configured it to load in the kernel??
    > I'm using grub and added a new title etc for my new kernel and i am not
    > using initrd.
    >

    The 2.6.8 kernel uses libata for SATA drives which means you need SCSI,
    libata, and a SATA driver compiled in as well.

    You will also need to change hda to sda in grub because it's now going
    to be seen as a SCSI device at boot time.

    -- 
    Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu>
    
    

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