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I have just tried to install the latest 2.6.22-r9 kernel |
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I copied the config file across from the present 2.6.17.r8 installed kernel, |
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then recompiled. |
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The grub line which works for the 2.6.17-r8 kernel is: |
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# For booting GNU/Linux |
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title Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 |
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root (hd0,4) |
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kernel /kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 |
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#initrd /initrd.img |
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I created the following grub line for the new kernel |
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# For booting GNU/Linux |
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title Gentoo Linux 2.6.22-r9 |
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root (hd0,4) |
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kernel /kernel-2.6.22-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/sda3 |
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#initrd /initrd.img |
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The fstab is as follows |
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# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass> |
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/dev/sda5 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 2 |
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/dev/sda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
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/dev/dvdrw /mnt/dvdrw iso9660 noauto,user 0 0 |
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#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 |
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/dev/sda7 /mnt/data ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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/dev/hde1 /mnt/backup ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
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shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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In other words, the boot directory is at sda5, and the root directory is at |
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sda3. sda3 is the bootable partition. |
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When I try to access the new kernel, I get the following error text |
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(summarised) |
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Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown block (0,0) |
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Please append a correct "root=" boot option. |
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Here are the available partitions |
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hde driver: ide-disk |
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hde1 |
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hdf driver: ide-disk |
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hdf1 |
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hda driver: ide-cdrom |
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kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) |
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Can anyone point me in the direction of why the new kernel will not boot, |
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while the old one boots fine? |
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Thanks |
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Jeff |
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