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Re: Kernel panic on Dell with Debian



Hi,

Theres some info here that may be relevant:

http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2005-November/023567.html

also the above list quite handy for all flavours of linux on dell server
hardware.

regards,

Duncan

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 15:52 -0300, Luiz Felipe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've tried to install Debian Sarge in a Dell PowerEdge 1425. The CD 
> doesn't recognize the SCSI adapter (AIC), but I've found one ISO which 
> contains the driver needed 
> (http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers).
> 
> After successfully installed, the system doesn't have support to 
> iptables. So, recompiled the kernel and was expecting to work.
> 
> But the system boots no longer. It gave me a  kernel panic message, 
> unable to mount root partition (/dev/sda1) or 08:00. This partition, 
> /dev/sda1, is correct.
> 
> I followed the instructions in the site I've mentioned above to 
> recompile the kernel, but this problem drove me crazy. I copied the 
> config file available on the site and one at /boot folder to 
> /usr/src/KERNEL_VERSION/.config, changed nothing, compiled and the 
> system still doesn't working.
> 
> And yes, I've ran lilo.
> 
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> Luiz Felipe de Souza Gomes.
> 
> 



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