Re: booting problems after installing lm-sensors kernel modules from sid / can't mount root fs

[Manuel Bilderbeek <manuel@msxnet.org>]

Manuel Bilderbeek wrote:
> OK, but I still have the LinuxOLD entry in my LILO menu. Since I'm 
> running stock kernels, this should be starting my previous kernel 
> anytime. So, I chose the option, and it booted until it had to mount the 
> root fs. There I got a kernel panic: can't mount root fs. (No clear 
> reason was mentioned...) Oops. My root fs is /dev/hda6, which is an ext3 
> fs. Even specifying
> LinuxOLD root=/dev/hda6
> didn't help.

OK, problem is solved, thanks to Mike Dornberger (and sorry for not 
checking this myself, I remembered it worked before, so I assumed it was 
OK):
I forgot this line in my lilo.conf:
        initrd=/initrd.img.old

I remember people using a stock kernel for the first time and having 
this problem too. It seems that at least some older version of the 
installation scripts do not adjust the lilo.conf correctly. Someone 
please check if this is done properly now (i.e. addition of the initrd 
option).


> So, I took my older (Woody-beta) installation cd and booted with "rescue 
> root=/dev/hda6". Also, this didn't work out: again a kernel panic, 
> because it can't mount the root fs... This time there was some error 
> about "unsupported optional features".

Any idea about this then?

Best regards,

Manuel Bilderbeek