On 1/29/07, Jerome Henin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I was just wondering if anyone had the same problem I am having, or > had any ideas about it. > > The machine is a Macbook Pro C2D. I use RefIt (no BootCamp) to > dual-boot between OSX and a 32-bit linux 2.6.19.2 with recent Mactel > patches. > > Actually, there are two weird things happening: > > 1) LILO does not get any keyboard input. The only way I could interact > with the LILO menu was plugging in an external USB keyboard, which > made the internal one work! Anyway, once the right kernel is setup, > this is only a minor annoyance.
Same thing here, but with grub. It is erratic as you say, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. > 2) On boot, I get these messages: > VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or unknown-block(8,3) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs, etc. > I would think there is something wrong with the partition table or the > initrd if this was systematic, but it isn't. Sometimes it boots > straight away, and if I just keep rebooting eventually it works. I > would think it is a pure hardware problem, but MacOS never has any > trouble booting. > > Thanks for your ideas, > Jerome > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Mactel-linux-users mailing list > Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > -- Gabriel Rodríguez Alberich http://chewie.blogalia.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
