Re: [release+kernel] upgrade headache

2002-06-01 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 03:19:08AM +0100, Tom Barnes-Lawrence wrote: [snip] After about a page of the kernel bootup messages, I got: request_module[block-major-8]:Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 801 or 08:01 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic: VFS:

Re: [release+kernel] upgrade headache

2002-06-01 Thread Tom Barnes-Lawrence
Hi! Sorry, not got 24/7 net access, so I've not got any mail since this one. Either way, I eventually fixed it myself in the meantime. [snip] If you are using a debian stock kernel, try adding the module for your scsi card, scsi_mod, sg, etc. to /etc/modules. Check /boot/config-2.2.x to see

[release+kernel] upgrade headache

2002-05-31 Thread Tom Barnes-Lawrence
Hi, sorry this is BIG post.Some background first, FWIW: -I installed Debian/Potato back when it was *frozen*, on a newly assembled machine without another OS -before that I'd been using slackware for a few years (on a different, dual-boot machine), installing new stuff from source, and getting