Bug#259955: kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc: kernel panic on iBook G4 - cannot open root device

[Daniel Glassey <wdg@debian.org>]

reopen 259955
retitle 259955 package does not warn you to put initrd line in yaboot.conf
thanks

On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 17:11, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> close 259955
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Daniel Glassey writes:
> 
> > I have built 2.6.7 locally and it is working fine. However the kernel
> > from this package is panicing.
> > 
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or unknown-block(0,0)
> 
> Obviously, you didn't set up your system to generate an initrd (run
> mkinitrd -o /initrd.img 2.6.7-powerpc) and use it for booting (put
> initrd=/initrd.img into the appropriate section of /etc/yaboot.conf
> and run ybin).  If you are in fact using an initrd already, please
> accept my apologies and reopen this bug.

I'm reopening and retitling the bug because the package should have
warned me that I needed to change yaboot.conf. If it does do so and I
just missed it please close the bug again.

Hmmm, strange - yaboot 1.3.13-1 is supposed to fix #244484. I guess I'll
double check and reopen that if necessary.

Regards,
Daniel