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Sorry for not providing details (was sure people will identify the |
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problem in a glance). |
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Upgrade is from 2.6.17-r8 |
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Attached the panic message: |
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VFS: cannot open root device sda1 or unknown block (0,0) |
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please append a correct "root=" boot option. |
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Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown - |
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block (0,0) |
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Attached the .config file (after converted to 2.6.20-r8 - make oldconfig |
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- just hit the enter key) |
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lilo is double checked. Below the relevant section. |
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boot=/dev/sda |
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root=/dev/sda1 |
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read-only |
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-r8.v0 |
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label=SDA1-20-r8.v0 |
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append="root=/dev/sda1" |
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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Friday 11 May 2007, David Harel wrote: |
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>> Greetings, |
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>> After installing gentoo-source-2.6.20-r8 I copied my current .config |
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>> file to the new kernel and did make oldconfig. I had to do define |
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>> only new properties of the new kernel and the rest was taken from the |
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>> original config file however, at boot time I got panic halt on root |
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>> mount stating that ext3 is not supported. Double check on support for |
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>> ext3 is OK. |
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>> Any idea? |
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> Given the actual information you posted above, none whatsoever. |
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> Please post your .config and the version number of the kernel you were |
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> upgrading from and we'll all take a look-see |
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> alan |
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Regards. |
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David Harel, |
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