According to Chris Tillman on Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 06:47:20PM -0700: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 11:49:48PM +0200, Eric Smith wrote: > > I can install and boot potato no problem however using the sarge install > > CD and installing either sarge or sid, I have the same error message. > > Have tried various partitioning strategies and "root=" commands. > > > > FWIW - thus spake dmesg: > > > > VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or 03:02 > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:02 > > > > Perhaps it has to do with defining a > > root=/dev/discs/... or some other path > > > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Have you tried woody? Since the sarge installer is not yet > in beta, anyone wnating to install rather than test is advised > to install woody and then upgrade to sarge if they want sarge. >
Ok, so I installed with the woody CD and that boots fine but I am still in the same bind - I need kernel 2.4.20 in order to load a module that I have only in object form (e1000.o by name - this is for the intel gigabit eth0 port). I cannot use the CD to upgrade to the required kernel version so that I may succesfully load the module. So I made a boot floppy with a 2.4.20 image (taken from the relevant deb with dpkg -X) and this gives me - alas - the exact same VFS - kernel panic stuff as mentioned above. IS there a way to find out why the root fs is failing to load in these circumstances. Must I add some geometry parameters - this trial and error could go on forever. My other option is to recompile the module from inte's source but when I tried to unzip the kernel source I got checksum errors - now that is weird. Not happy. -- Eric Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
