RE: [parisc-linux] Upgrading from 2.4 to 2.6
Thanks for your input. Could it really be true that the "stable" version of
2.6 (2.6.8-2-32-smp) can't recognize an ext3 root partition? The only way I
know to "load a new kernel" since I can only boot fromt he install cd is to
blow away what I have spent a lot of time building. Seems like I'm missing
something.
-----Original Message-----
From: cbeerse@gmail.com [mailto:cbeerse@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:46 AM
To: Harry Cochran
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Upgrading from 2.4 to 2.6
Harry Cochran wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone please help me recover from a failed attempt to upgrade my
> J6000 to 2.6?
>
> Looks like I can't boot the 2.4 kernel I have on the system because it's
> name doesn't end in 32 or 64 (it ends in smp) -><-.
>
> My J6000 has a cd-rom, so I thought maybe I could boot from that, but sea
> ipl doesn't find it.
>
> Here's my original question:
>
> *************
>
> Sorry for the newbie question, but I'm trying to boot 2.6 and I don't
quite
> understand how to set up the "root=" for it.
With palo, the partition/mount info is also important: some directories are
relative to the boot-partition, others are relative to the root partition.
>
> My palo.conf says:
> --command line=1/boot/vmlinux root=/dev/sda3 HOME=/ initrd=/initrd.img
> console=ttyS0 TERM=vt102
> --recoverykernel=/boot/vmlinux
This recovery-kernel is relative to the run-time root.
Be noted, this kernel is moved to the palo-partition (/dev/sda0) when
running
`palo`. Best to use the distro's kernel for this, alternative, a kernel that
sure works for recovery purposes. Most systems have /boot/vmlinux a softlink
to
the prefered kernel, which most times is not the recovery kernel...
> --init-partitioned=/dev/sda
>
> Here's what my palo.conf generates on boot right now:
>
> 0 1/boot/vmlinux
The 1 indicates partition 1 is the boot-partition, the /boot/vmlunix is a
relative path on that partition. Hence, If /dev/sda1 is your /boot
partition, te
line should be: "1/vmlinux".
Then, the filesystem of /boot is best `ext2` since that is supported by
most, if
not all tools. Other filesystems might not be supported.
> 1 root=/dev/sda3
The root filesystem
> 2 HOME=/
> 3 initrd=/initrd.img
Carefully check if the initrd parameter is relative to the root or to the
boot
filesystem.
> 4 console=ttys0
> 5 TERM=vt102
>
> On boot I get:
>
> cannot open root device "sda3" or unknownblock(2.0)
What is the filesystem on /dev/sda3? It better be ext2 since that is
understood
by most systems. ext3 is possible, I would not use others.
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs or unknown-block(2.0)
I think your kernel only allows ext2 and finds something else.
>
> I have seen one document which says I have to build a ramdisk, but it
> doesn't tell me how. What's worse is that I can't get 2.4.26 to boot again
> even though I have a symlink (vmlinux.old) to it. I tried changing line 0
to
> 1/boot/vmlinux.old (and deleting the "initrd=/initrd.img" line, but it
still
> boots 2.6.8. I even tried inserting a line saying
> recoverykernel=/boot/vmlinux.old but that didn't help.
I've seen teh palo that comes with gentoo has an option to list the
directory of
the boot-device, so you can check the kernel path.
Keep in mind:
palo must be able to read the boot device (/dev/sd1). Try ext2.
The kernel must be able to read the root device without loading a module.
Most
kernels have ext2 build in.
My idea: once you have a proper working kernel, build a new one without any
modules (all stuff build in) and configure that as a recovery kernel in
palo.
>
> *************
>
> I'm sure there's an easy answer and maybe everyone is tired of answering
> these kind of newbie questions, but I'm desperate, so I thought I'd try
one
> more time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harry
>
>
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