On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 10:14 -0700, Spundun Bhatt wrote: > Can someone please respond to my question over here? This *is* the right > forum, isn't it? > Many are on vacation this time of year.... ymmv. > > Spundun Bhatt wrote: > > Hi debian-ia64. > > > > I updated the kernel on my debian linux testing from > > linux-image-2.6.12-1-mckinley to linux-image-2.6.15-1-mckinley . > > > > When I rebooted, I got the error saying the following (very early in the > > boot). > > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > unknown-block (0,0) > > > > I suspect that the new kernel bootloader configuration is pointing to a > > non-existing location for root partition... > > > > Can anyone guide me as to how to debug this problem? > > Also is there any literature available that will help me understand how > > linux boot loader works on debian on ia64? I mean what are the packages > > responsible for installing the bootloaders and where can I find the > > configuration so that I can check whether its right or not, etc? > > The bootloader is called elilo and it is usually located in an EFI partition--something like this:
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