Mary Gardiner wrote:
Thanks, but in my case (if you were responding to me) the machine panics
well before I even have the opportunity to login, even in single user
mode. It might help Rod.
Yes, the comments were for Rod's particularly.
In the case of your original post I did not comment because I did not have sufficient understanding of the issues. For example, what is the linux kernel version you are trying to upgrade from ? What are the logical device names for this SATA device in the original version of linux you are upgrading from ?
This is important. If you are upgrading from linux-2.4.X, then there are certain things that needs to be done, e.g., you have to upgrade your modutils software; create a directory /sys, etc.
If you are upgrading from 2.5.X or later, then it maybe just a question of using RAW device reference as follows:
My suggestion that you may try is use RAW device reference as follows:
root=08:01=/ instead of root=/dev/sda1=/
As you know, '08:01' is just another reference name to device '/dev/sda1'; '08:02' is just another reference name to device '/dev/sda2', etc.
Perhaps, at the boot process stage your device driver does not understand
the device logical name, and that is why I suggest you use the other name
of '/dev/sda1' which is '06:01'. In this way, no logical translation is required
at boot time.
I assume you can do the above because you can boot off your original system that is to be upgraded.
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