On 31 Oct 2001 19:32:24 +0100
Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Dahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > When I try to install Cooker (using bootdisk) or 8.1 I've started to
> get
> > "VFS: Cannot open root device "ram3" or 01:03" and a Kernel Panic
> before I
> > even get to DrakX. I have tried to reformat the hard drive, but the
> > problem just won't go away. Why does this happen?
>
> Try to boot with another kernel. Insert CD #2 for easy doing that.
IDE controller boot order has changed since MDK8.1b3.
I had spme problems when I tried to update the kernel,
and also when I tried to install Mandrake 8.1. There's a kernel
option (boot off second ide controller first - or something), that
has been activated at one point. I had to deactivate my Promise
IDE controller during installation (its first harddisk was recognized
as dev/hda--my bios doesn't agree with that, neither does my Windows
partition). After installation there's a kernel option that you can
set in /etc/lilo.conf (if you are using grub, I don't know how to
pass it)...:
append=" hdd=ide-scsi devfs=mount ide=reverse quiet"
^^^^^^^^^^^
It tells the Mandrake built kernels to boot off the first ide controller.
After reboot it's safe to re-activate the 2nd IDE controller.
Maybe that also solves your problem.
Regards,
Rainer
