On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:30:08 -0600 Brad Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jay Graves wrote: > > After > > apt-get'ing many packages I downloaded the 2.4.21 kernel and rsynced to > > benh2. compiled and installed. Now when I reboot into open firmware... > > > > boot hd:9,yaboot #to get to yaboot > > boot: hd:11,/vmlinux root=/dev/hdc11 ro #to boot my new 2.4.21-benh2 > > kernel > > > > I get kernel panic with the following message > > > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdc11" or 16:0b > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 16:0b > > > > I had exactly the same experience, but with a blue and white G3. > As a test, I downloaded the precompiled kernel, > linux-benh-devel-2.4.21-ben2, from www.ppckernel.org . > The precompiled kernel, which was the same version but presumably with > different modules, would boot and run fine. > Several days earlier I compiled the 2.4.21-benh2 on an older PowerMac > 7300/200, which boots with BootX, and it would boot without problems. > I went back to the default woody kernel, 2.4.18-newpmac, for the G3. > I don't know the solution, but I'd sure like to. Do you have the right filesystems included in your config? I had to add ext3 to my kernel config, and if you are using xfs, jfs or reiser then you won't get any helpful hints. I'm running 2.4.21-ben2 on a pismo right now. -- njh http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~njh/
