Re: Re:kernel boot failure
That is it, replaced the scsi card with a Symbios (NCR 53c810.. controller)
one with Config_scsi...=y in kernel and i boot to login prompt.
Thanks-Mel
> On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 15:08, Rich Payne wrote:
> >
> > Did you include support in your kernel for whichever SCSI controller you
> > have (or setup the initrd) and SCSI disks?
> >
> > --rdp
> >
> > On 24 Feb 2003, mel kravitz wrote:
> >
> > > Joakim Roubert wisely said..
> > > > > gzip -9 vmlinux, cp vmlinux.gz /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20
> > > >
> > > > Don't do this.
> > > > Use the /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/boot/vmlinux.gz instead.
> > > > There are some specific things made when compressing the kernel, that
> > > is
> > > > already made during the kernel compile.
> > > > Simply copy this compressed file to your boot and try again. Should
> > > work
> > > > much better.
> > > >
> > > > /Joakim
> > > i 'fixed'('make boot' rather than 'make' ) then i copied:
> > > /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.20
> > > and /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/boot/vmlinux.gz /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20
> > > with an ln -s boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 vmlinuz-2.4.20 in /.
> > > /etc/about.conf lines now read:
> > > 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1
> > > 1:1/vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/sda1
> > > rebooting stops with:
> > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or 08:01
> > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > > kernel panic : VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:01 ???
> > > -Mel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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