Mary Gardiner wrote:
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004, O Plameras wrote:
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 ?
2.6.3, Debian kernel build.
What are the logical device names for this SATA device in the original
version of linux you are upgrading from ?
/dev/hde
I assume you can do the above because you can boot off your original
system that is to be upgraded.
I will try it, however I am less optimistic because the controller
driver has changed: if I can't convince 2.6.8/9 to load the new driver
before pivot_root, then it can't mount /. Pure speculation still, but
fiddling around with the initrd is still looking like the best bet.
Aha... then try using instead of,
..... root=LABEL=/ ....
this,
..... root=08:01=/ ....
08:01 is the RAW reference name of /dev/sda1 in the upgraded version.
I am assuming here that your '/dev/hde' becomes '/dev/sda1'.
or this,
..... root=08:05=/ ....
08:05 if your '/dev/hde' becomes '/dev/sda5' in the upgraded version.
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