On 26 Oct 2005, mikepolniak wrote: > On 08:58 Wed 26 Oct , Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > > Hi: > > > > I tried to upgrade to kernel 2.6.12 using linux-source-2.6.12. I am > > using unstable. The compilation goes fine, during which there is a > > message: Root device is (3,2) > > > > I have my root partition in /dev/hda2. In the menu.lst for grub > > I have: > > > > root (hd0,1) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12 root=/dev/hda2 > > > > > > This is the same for the other kernels I have been using previously: > > 2.4.27-2-686; 2.6.11 etc. > > > > Now, however, when I boot up, there is a kernel panic, with the > > message Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (3,2). > > > > I tried: > > > > rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12 /dev/hda2 > > > > and then tried to boot up, but I had the same problem. I do not have > > an initrd.img; The other two 2.6 kernels I used had an initrd.img, but > > they were precompiled kernels. Are the new kernels supposed to work > > only with an initrd.img or am I make some other mistake. > > > If you used the Debian .config to compile the new kernel its possible the > kernel is not loading a module (normally found in initrd) you need for > your ide or sata hard drive. > > You could make the new kernel again with --initrd which would work just > like on the old kernels. > Or compile the ide or sata driver you need into kernel (not as module) so > it loads when you boot without the initrd. >
I've just had exactly the same experience as the OP with 2.6.13.4. I used the same .config file (updated) as I'd previously used for 2.6.13.3 and 2.6.13.2, which both worked, so nothing should have been left out. The IDE stuff is certainly there. I tried "make bzImage", thinking it might be something to do with make-kpkg, but the same thing happened. Compiling a kernel with --initrd also didn't work (the resultant .deb wouldn't install properly). Yet another of the mysterious things that have happened for me recently with making kernels. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
