Hi, please CC replies to my email (my mailbox can't handle the traffic on this list so I'm not subscribed, but I desperately need help.)
I'm trying to set up a server box with Debian... I needed to use kernel 2.2, so I first plugged my HD into an existing Debian system and installed from there to get the required versions of the packages. Everything seemed to work -- I can even boot my new installation from LILO by adding the appropriate entries in lilo.conf (on my other machine). But once I moved the HD to the machine it's supposed to run on, it doesn't boot properly. I used LILO to install the boot sector on /dev/hda and root set to /dev/hda1, and the kernel seems to boot fine, but after detecting my Ethernet card, it gives this error: VFS: cannot open root device 03:01 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01 What does this message mean?? The kernel booted from /dev/hda1 so why can't it mount the root partition now? I've tried giving Linux the different combinations of the "root=..." parameter but it doesn't seem to work. Does it matter which version of LILO I use to install the boot sector?? This system is running kernel 2.2.10 (custom build) and most packages are from potato. Due to some problems I had to use an older (slink) version of LILO -- will this screw it up? It seemed to be fine when I booted this same HD on my other machine (with the LILO setup for the other machine, of course). Also, if LILO is the cause of the problem, how would I run a glibc2.1 version of LILO from a slink rescue disk??? I don't have a potato boot disk handy... Thanks for any help/suggestions!!!! T
