--- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to set up a new machine for someone, but > I am having lots > of difficulty booting it. I installed potato using > the idepci disks > (kernel 2.2.19-idepci). That kernel can boot from > the hard disk with > no difficulty. > > The difficulty comes in booting a 2.4 kernel. I > installed > kernel-image-2.4.18-k7 and kernel-image-2.4.18-386, > I also installed > the 2.4.18-bf2.4 image from the woody installer, and > I also installed > a kernel I compiled on another machine. > > The system has a VIA 8233 ide controller, and the > hard drive is > partitioned as : > hda1 /boot > hda5 / > hda6 swap > hda7 /var > > With both the kernel-image packages I get the error > Kernel Panic : Couldn't mount root fs on device > <major:minor> > > I tried reconfiguring them many times to ensure I > that the ide-mod and > ext3 and ext2 modules will be loaded at boot, but > always got the same > result. > > The 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel can boot from the rescue > floppy, but when > booting from the hard disk I get > Kernel panic : I have no root and I want to > scream > This kernel does see the ide bus, though. > > With the custom kernel I included the ide and fs > drivers directly in > the kernel. That one sees the IDE bus, but yields : > Kernel Panic : Couldn't find init. Try passing > an init= parameter. > > I tried init=/sbin/init and init=/bin/sh, but still > received the same > panic. > > > I've built kernels before, and I've experienced a > number of similar > errors, so I have some familiarity with what is > going on, but this > time I'm stumped. What might be the problem here? > My only guess now > is that 2.4 kernels don't like booting from extended > partitions, but > the 2.2 kernel has no problems with it. > > TIA! > -D <<SNIP>>
As I recall, there were lots of things that needed to be upgraded to get 2.4.x to run on potato. Adrian Bunk had created a lot of special packages for this: http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html Did you do this stuff? ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
