Re: [blfs-support] kernel panic when booting with connected external disk

2013-03-14 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Michael Shell wrote: On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:34:59 -0400 Michael Shell li...@michaelshell.org wrote: 1. Changing the BIOS configuration to alter the numbering of an external USB drive so as not to disturb the SATA drive numbers. Or more correctly, so as not to disturb the SATA

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0, 0)

2012-12-26 Thread William Harrington
On Dec 26, 2012, at 2:09 AM, JIA Pei wrote: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html#unable-to-mount-root 0,0 means no block devices were detected which means: 1) No hard drive controller enabled

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-21 Thread Richard Melville
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 14:53 +, Richard Melville wrote: I think that was understood; when they said that it was stupid it was surely meant that there could be some confusion in the use of similar terms. Possibly, though if they'd understood it, you'd think they'd have mentioned

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-21 Thread Simon Geard
On Sat, 2012-12-22 at 00:31 +, Richard Melville wrote: It seems a little churlish to pick holes in what is essentially a good article, and, indeed, one that supplied the answer to a question on this list. True. Well, suffice it to say that the /dev/disks symlink tree *does* support GPT

Re: [lfs-support] Re Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-20 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 14:53 +, Richard Melville wrote: I think that was understood; when they said that it was stupid it was surely meant that there could be some confusion in the use of similar terms. Possibly, though if they'd understood it, you'd think they'd have mentioned the

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-19 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 11:19 +, Richard Melville wrote Would't using GPT instead of MBR be a viable alternative? Nope. GPT assigns UUIDs to the partitions, but that's all - the kernel still deals only with traditional device names (sda1, sda2, etc). The initramfs is still needed to

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-18 Thread Richard Melville
Now it would be nice for it to work using UUIDs so the booting can be independent of host system. You need to use an initrd of that. See BLFS. -- Bruce Would't using GPT instead of MBR be a viable alternative? Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-18 Thread spiky
what I believe to be a trace call. Interestingly, one time when I booted the trace call was short enough for me to write down the error which I can't normally see due to the length of the trace prints. Here is the error: Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0

[lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-17 Thread Alexander Spitzer
, one time when I booted the trace call was short enough for me to write down the error which I can't normally see due to the length of the trace prints. Here is the error: Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) What exactly does unknown block(0,0) mean

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-17 Thread Alexander Spitzer
the trace call was short enough for me to write down the error which I can't normally see due to the length of the trace prints. Here is the error: Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) What exactly does unknown block(0,0) mean? The problem appears

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alexander Spitzer wrote: I got it to work! Turns out that the root file system changes to /dev/sdc1 after all the harddisks are found so changing the line root=/dev/sda1 to root=/dev/sdc1 and adding a rootdelay successfully booted the system! Now it would be nice for it to work using UUIDs so

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-27 Thread spiky
On 25/10/12 23:25, Bruce Dubbs wrote: spiky wrote: On 25/10/12 22:50, Ken Moffat wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:03:46PM +0100, spiky wrote: Hi Ok I,m having real trouble booting my lfs system. Long storey with lfs 7.2 won I rebuilt the kernel after moving to new laptop. Root is on sda3

[lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread spiky
prompt (host grub) set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 boot I get a kernel panic VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS cannot open root device (null) or unknown-block(2,0) please append a correct root= boot option here are availble partitions then it lists the sda

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
booting from grub prompt (host grub) set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 boot I get a kernel panic VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS cannot open root device (null) or unknown-block(2,0) please append a correct root= boot option here are availble partitions

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread Ken Moffat
as needed for new partitions. I have tried booting from grub prompt (host grub) set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 boot I get a kernel panic VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS cannot open root device (null) or unknown-block(2,0) please append a correct root

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread spiky
replacing 7.2. I adjusted fstab file as needed for new partitions. I have tried booting from grub prompt (host grub) set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 boot I get a kernel panic VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS cannot open root device (null) or unknown

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
spiky wrote: On 25/10/12 22:50, Ken Moffat wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:03:46PM +0100, spiky wrote: Hi Ok I,m having real trouble booting my lfs system. Long storey with lfs 7.2 won I rebuilt the kernel after moving to new laptop. Root is on sda3 ext4 only 1 harddrive, sda1 will be

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Subrata Paul
Hi, I am trying to build an LFS system as a guest on VMware workstation (version – 7.1.4). I am following the 6.8 version of the LFS book. All the packages mentioned in this book are successfully compiled and installed. However, after the first boot it gives the following error: Kernel panic

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
and installed. However, after the first boot it gives the following error: Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Cannot open root device “sda3” or unknown-block(8,2) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: 16004194302 hdc driver: ide-cdrom

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
- Original Message - From: Danny Vukobratovich dvukobratov...@marianinc.com To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:49:37 AM Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on On Nov 16, 2011, at 6:35

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
compiled and installed. However, after the first boot it gives the following error: Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Cannot open root device “sda3” or unknown-block(8,2) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: 16004194302 hdc driver

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:38:30 PM Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on Danny Vukobratovich wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 6

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Danny Vukobratovich wrote: I had problems with this in 7.0 also. I ended up having to start over changing the hard drive type to IDE. It is now working for me. That's a little extreme. The only thing that needed to be fixed is the kernel and perhaps fstab or grub.cfg. Those are the only

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2011-11-11 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
I saw this thread that I thought was related but is addressing the issue in LFS 6.6 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2010-April/038457.html I'm setting up LFS 7.0. I am doing this in a VMworkstation 8 environment with the GRML Live CD as my host. The default setup for

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2011-11-11 Thread Michael
Am Freitag 11 November 2011 20:11:05 schrieb Danny Vukobratovich: I saw this thread that I thought was related but is addressing the issue in LFS 6.6 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2010-April/038457.htm l I'm setting up LFS 7.0. I am doing this in a VMworkstation 8

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2011-11-11 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
From: Michael lis...@freigeister.org To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:26:55 PM Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) Am Freitag 11 November 2011 20:11:05 schrieb Danny Vukobratovich

Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-01 Thread Frederick Muriithi
; here are the available partitions: [ 3.585482] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) [ 3.585754] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37 #1 [ 3.585911] Call Trace: [ 3.586084] [c145f114] ? printk+0xf/0x11 [ 3.586243] [c145f00a

Re: Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-01 Thread Eric Plummer
a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: [ 3.585482] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) Sounds like you do not have the proper kernel drivers for your hardware. [ 3.585754] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37 #1

Re: Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-01 Thread Andrew Benton
: [ 3.585482] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) [ 3.585754] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37 #1 [ 3.585911] Call Trace: [ 3.586084] [c145f114] ? printk+0xf/0x11 [ 3.586243] [c145f00a] panic+0x50/0x14b [ 3.586404

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-18 Thread Andrew Benton
are the available partitions' was blank, (from just before the kernel panic) that they'd Oh, silly boy, you forgot to... Have you read bruces kernel hint? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/kernel-configuration.txt Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Tony Hartzell wrote: VFS: Cannot open root device hda2 or unknown-block(2,0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) Usually a result of a missing driver in the file system

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Tony Hartzell
VFS: Cannot open root device hda2 or unknown-block(2,0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) I think my problem is that /dev isn't being populated. During the build, when I

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Tony Hartzell wrote: VFS: Cannot open root device hda2 or unknown-block(2,0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) I think my problem is that /dev isn't being populated

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Tony Hartzell
as per udev's README, and I considered that PATA drives might be going extinct, but I didn't see any obvious config parameters that would prevent them from working. I hoped that when someone saw 'here are the available partitions' was blank, (from just before the kernel panic) that they'd Oh, silly

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
are the available partitions' was blank, (from just before the kernel panic) that they'd Oh, silly boy, you forgot to... Well it does look like you have both a SATA and PATA controller, so hda may be appropriate. The next step is mount| grep hda Also check your kernel configuration: Symbol: PATA_VIA

kernel panic

2011-06-27 Thread robert
sdb5 or unknown block(2,0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: Ob00 1048575 sr0 driver: sr Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(2,0) /dev/sdb5 is proper device ... all lfs files in place. Following this failure to re

Re: kernel panic

2011-06-27 Thread Bruce Dubbs
: Cannot open root device sdb5 or unknown block(2,0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: Ob00 1048575 sr0 driver: sr Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(2,0) /dev/sdb5 is proper device ... all lfs files

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-03 Thread bsquared
bsquared wrote: Hello, Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk partition using 'dd'. I modified the grub.cfg file and rebooted. Then got a kernel panic. Doh! I forgot that I changed the root

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-03 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM, bsquared bwcod...@gmail.com wrote: bsquared wrote: Hello, Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk partition using 'dd'.  I modified the grub.cfg file

Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-01 Thread bsquared
Hello, Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk partition using 'dd'. I modified the grub.cfg file and rebooted. Then got a kernel panic. -- Thank you, -Brian -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-01 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:15 PM, bsquared bwcod...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk partition using 'dd'.  I modified the grub.cfg file and rebooted. Then got

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task

2011-05-10 Thread DJ Lucas
On 05/10/2011 03:39 AM, shubham jain wrote: When I boot from my LFS CD I get the message: *Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task* I am using *LFS live CD -x86-6.3-r2160-min* I have windows 7 also installed on my system. My system details are: * Processor: Intel core

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-14 Thread mastah
The Cynical cyni...@penguinness.org To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Tue, Apr 13, 2010 10:39 am Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) mas...@mail.com wrote: Hi i got this error when i tried to boot in to my LFS system

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-14 Thread Justin The Cynical
mas...@mail.com wrote: LFS system dmesg | grep IDE: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:07.1 Probing IDE interface ide0... Probing IDE interface ide1... hdc: VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive target0:0:0:

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-13 Thread mastah
I've no idea what vmware is but I expect it has something to do with your problem It is a virtualization program. So i have my Ubuntu laptop, in it i use vmware to boot up the LFS live cd which is the host system and in there i build my LFS system. VMWare will not show your guest OS the

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-13 Thread Justin The Cynical
for SATA and SCSI just to be sure that wont be an issue. *snip* Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) VFS: Cannot open root device sda2 or unknown-block(2.0) *snip* linux /vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6 root=/dev/sda2 ro *snip* My first thought

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread mastah
/40_custom ### i set the grub MBR to /dev/sda when i reboot i get: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) VFS: Cannot open root device sda2 or unknown-block(2.0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: 0b00

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread Andrew Benton
Are these search lines needed? I don't put them in my grub.cfg when i reboot i get: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) VFS: Cannot open root device sda2 or unknown-block(2.0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
ro } Are these search lines needed? I don't put them in my grub.cfg Andy, the search lines are added by GRUB, they are ignored by LFS, but I agree that it would be clearer if they were removed. Otherwise, the entry looks correct. Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread stosss
this comment.  Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### i set the grub MBR to /dev/sda when i reboot i get: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) VFS: Cannot open root device sda2 or unknown-block(2.0

Re: Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-06 Thread Mike McCarty
1048575 dr0 driver: sr Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) This looks like you are right, you don't have the right drivers. There are three levels you need file system (according to how you did your high level format) device class

Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-03 Thread Kaleb Hosie
I'm really stumped right now and I could use some help. I've finished compiling the Kernel for my first LFS deployment and I after I finished rebooting it for the first time, I get a Kernel Panic. Here's what is looks like: VFS: Cannot open root device sda1 or unknown-block(2,0) Please append

Re: Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-03 Thread stosss
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Kaleb Hosie kho...@spectraaluminum.com wrote: I'm really stumped right now and I could use some help. I've finished compiling the Kernel for my first LFS deployment and I after I finished rebooting it for the first time, I get a Kernel Panic. Here's what

Re: Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-03 Thread stosss
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Kaleb Hosie kho...@spectraaluminum.com wrote: I'm really stumped right now and I could use some help. I've finished compiling the Kernel for my first LFS deployment and I after I finished rebooting it for the first time, I get a Kernel Panic. Here's what

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-23 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
I saw that the list places my messages at the top level of the threads, and not as a response to previous messages. I assume this is because I get the digest version, and reply to that and change the subject. If anyone knows how I can reply correctly, I'll be glad to comply. Bruce Dubbs wrote:

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-23 Thread stosss
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss yywe...@cs.huji.ac.il wrote: I saw that the list places my messages at the top level of the threads, and not as a response to previous messages. I assume this is because I get the digest version, and reply to that and change the subject. If

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
Andrew Benton wrote: I added CONFIG_PATA_VIA, and that did not help. which CONFIG_PATA_VIA depends? If I were you I'd enable support for lots of things that may, possibly be needed and compile them all into the kernel. Use lspci as a guide and Thanks. When enabling lots of options I

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: I would recommend improving chapter 8.3 of the book (configuring and compiling the kernel) by adding these hints about configuring the kernel, i.e. using lspci, lsmod, and enabling many options. There's way too many different issues for Chapter 8. Did you read the

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: [...] I would recommend improving chapter 8.3 of the book (configuring and compiling the kernel) by adding these hints about configuring the kernel, i.e. using lspci, lsmod, and enabling many options. I would agree with this except that the kernel is such a

Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-21 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
I installed lfs (around the time of one of the 6.6 release candidates) on an old Compaq laptop using jhalfs. After completing the configuration (from the current 6.6 release), I tried to boot the new system and received a kernel panic saying it could not mount the root filesystem. I'll try

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Benton
On 21/03/10 13:10, Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: I installed lfs (around the time of one of the 6.6 release candidates) on an old Compaq laptop using jhalfs. After completing the configuration (from the current 6.6 release), I tried to boot the new system and received a kernel panic saying

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 02:06, Aditya Bankar wrote: Do you need more information? Yes, the info Bruce asked for would be helpful Bruce Dubbs wrote: Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying drivers are

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message From: Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying drivers are missing. I have put the config file here:

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
If I run menuconfig to recompile, should I first clean distclean? Or is it ok to just run make again after an update to the .config file? If there any way of mapping /mnt/lfs into virtual box (or any other VM) as /. This would help in checking state of the newly compiled OS without rebooting

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
If there any way of mapping /mnt/lfs into virtual box (or any other VM) as /. This would help in checking state of the newly compiled OS without rebooting the host. I found it here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-604000.html. This required running Virtual Box as root. But it

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 16:16, Aditya Bankar wrote: If I run menuconfig to recompile, should I first clean distclean? Or is it ok to just run make again after an update to the .config file? Before I recompile the kernel I always run make mrproper Andy --

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Aditya Bankar wrote: If there any way of mapping /mnt/lfs into virtual box (or any other VM) as /. This would help in checking state of the newly compiled OS without rebooting the host. I found it here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-604000.html. This required running Virtual

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 15:44, Aditya Bankar wrote: - Original Message From: Bruce Dubbsbruce.du...@gmail.com Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying drivers are missing. I have put the config

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Andrew Benton wrote: On 08/02/10 16:16, Aditya Bankar wrote: If I run menuconfig to recompile, should I first clean distclean? Or is it ok to just run make again after an update to the .config file? Before I recompile the kernel I always run make mrproper That is the standard response,

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message From: Andrew Benton b3n...@gmail.com To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Mon, 8 February, 2010 11:00:38 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: On 08/02/10 15:44, Aditya Bankar wrote: - Original Message From: Bruce Dubbs Go

Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
Hi, I am getting this problem while launching the new LFS 6.5: Root NFS: No NFS server available, giving up VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS: Cannot open root device sda6 on unknown_block (2,0) Please append a correct root= boot options; here the options Kernel Panic

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message From: Aditya Bankar adityaban...@yahoo.co.in To: lfs support lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 5:18:26 PM Subject: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Hi, I am getting this problem while launching the new LFS 6.5: Root NFS

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Benton
On 07/02/10 13:39, Aditya Bankar wrote: - Original Message From: Aditya Bankaradityaban...@yahoo.co.in To: lfs supportlfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 5:18:26 PM Subject: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Hi, I am getting this problem while

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message From: Andrew Benton b3n...@gmail.com To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 8:57:02 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: On 07/02/10 13:39, Aditya Bankar wrote: - Original Message From: Aditya Bankar

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Bruce Dubbs
the options Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown_block (2,0) I did not install grub. I have instead added new entries in the host system's menu.lst. Since my LFS partition is /dev/sda6 as seen on host system I have added the following to menu.lst title LFS6.5

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread xsystem
open root device sda6 on unknown_block (2,0) Please append a correct root= boot options; here the options Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown_block (2,0) I did not install grub. I have instead added new entries in the host system's menu.lst. Since my LFS

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
From: Aditya Bankar adityaban...@yahoo.co.in To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 10:32:53 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: - Original Message From: Andrew Benton b3n...@gmail.com To: lfs

Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Rambabu Dasari
Hi all, I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel throughing the following error. [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. [4.592188] Failed to execute /init [4.595746] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Muzer
[4.595746] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. [4.604190] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30.2 #1 [4.609649] Call Trace: [4.612168] [c164073c] ? printk+0xf/0x11 [4.616417] [c1640695] panic+0x39/0xd1 [4.620493] [c10012e5

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread linux fan
On 1/24/10, Rambabu Dasari babu4...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel throughing the following error. [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. [4.592188] Failed to execute /init 6.2.1. Creating Initial

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Andrew Benton
On 24/01/10 16:40, Rambabu Dasari wrote: Hi all, I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel throughing the following error. [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. [4.592188] Failed to execute /init [4.595746] Kernel panic

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Rambabu Dasari wrote: Hi all, I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel throughing the following error. [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. [4.592188] Failed to execute /init [4.595746] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-02 Thread Hans Kaper
host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) I have done some more research on your problem. Try this in /etc/fstab for the USB disk UUID

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) From devices.txt 2 blockFloppy disks 0 = /dev/fd0Controller 0, drive 0, autodetect 1 = /dev/fd1Controller 0, drive 1, autodetect 2 = /dev/fd2

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) From devices.txt 2 blockFloppy disks 0 = /dev/fd0Controller 0, drive 0, autodetect 1 = /dev/fd1Controller 0, drive 1, autodetect

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Mike McCarty
Hans Kaper wrote: See my reply to Baho Utot. Problem solved now. Thanks for your attention, Mike. I looked at every reply to Baho Utot by you, and I don't see one which says you solved the problem. I'd be very interested to see a repost or other report on what did the trick! Mike --

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:05:52 +0200 schreef Danny Engelbarts d.engelba...@gmail.com: On Tuesday 29 September 2009 22:19:24 Hans Kaper wrote: Good suggestion. So once again I made an entry in Grub's menu.lst, carefully copying the disk/by-id-field from the SUSE-entry that boots allright from

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) I have done some more research on your problem. Try this in /etc/fstab for the USB disk UUID=6342a6b5-25cf-4d01-a318-68309d12ab5b / ext3 defaults 1 1 change the blkid to the correct

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Baho Utot
from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) I have done some more research on your problem. Try this in /etc/fstab for the USB disk UUID=6342a6b5-25cf-4d01-a318-68309d12ab5b / ext3 defaults 1 1

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:32:17 +0200 schreef Spahn, Daniel dsp...@cuh2a.com: Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) Have you tried changing the partition number up or down by one? Yes, I have

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:29:08 +0200 schreef Baho Utot baho-u...@columbus.rr.com: Ken Moffat wrote: 2009/9/26 J.P.Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Maybe somebody else can find the right suggestion to let me solve my problem. Hans Kaper. One of the problems with usb drives is that they can

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Philipp Christian Loewner
Hi, have you double-checked that the root= kernel parameter is set correctly in your menu.lst? So far, I only read about your fstab in this thread. Check again what suggestions the kernel makes for valid partition device nodes... Just in case you haven't tried yet. - Philipp --

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Baho Utot
J.P.Kaper wrote: I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown

Re:Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-28 Thread 龚逸玲
has anybody solved this problem, i have encountered it yet 在2009-09-27,Baho Utot baho-u...@columbus.rr.com 写道: Ken Moffat wrote: 2009/9/26 J.P.Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Maybe somebody else can find the right suggestion to let me solve my problem. Hans Kaper. One of the

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-26 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/9/26 J.P.Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Maybe somebody else can find the right suggestion to let me solve my problem. Hans Kaper. One of the problems with usb drives is that they can take a long time to appear. I've never tried to boot from usb, but ISTR that there is a command-line

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-26 Thread J.P.Kaper
J.P.Kaper wrote: I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-26 Thread Baho Utot
Ken Moffat wrote: 2009/9/26 J.P.Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Maybe somebody else can find the right suggestion to let me solve my problem. Hans Kaper. One of the problems with usb drives is that they can take a long time to appear. I've never tried to boot from usb, but ISTR that

Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-25 Thread J.P.Kaper
I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-25 Thread Mike McCarty
J.P.Kaper wrote: I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown

re. Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

2009-04-21 Thread Robert A. Lerche
You write that the kernel has successfully mounted the root file system. Are you sure? This kind of crash is often due to a failure to mount /. How is the CF card connected physically? You also write you have no initramfs. I suggest you create one -- then if initialization cannot mount root

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