Re: Booting kernel 2.6test9 on redhat 9
From: Frank Pittel (fwp_at_warlock.deepthought.com)
Date: 11/20/03
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:18:59 -0600
Eric Enright <sauron@tiptsoft.com> wrote:
: On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:21:08 -0600, Frank Pittel wrote:
: > Not to long ago I installed redhat 9 on one of my machines. It was a plain
: > jane install in which I had it install everything. I have since bought a device
: > that is only supported with a 2.6 kernel. I went to kernel.org and downloaded
: > 2.6-test9 and while it compiled all right it can't get the machine to boot.
: >
: > It gets to the point of mounting the root filesystem and then I get a kernel
: > panic. The exact error is "kernel panic: FS: unable to mount root fs on
: > uknown-block(0,0).
: >
: > The root filesystem is ext3 and I've compiled in both ext2 and ext3. The drive
: > is attached to a promise udma controller and shows up as drive hde. Anyone have
: > any ideas??
: Is the controller a PCI IDE card?
: I had a problem like that as well, when I forgot to compile in support for
: Promise PCI IDE cards.
The first time through it was compiled as a module. I then actually compiled it into
the kernel. No luck.
: Also, don't forget to upgrade your modutils ;)
I found out about that later. It has been upgraded.
-- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- fwp@deepthought.com
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