Bug#270321: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: PReP boot failure

[Hollis Blanchard <hollis@penguinppc.org>]

On Sep 6, 2004, at 4:38 PM, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hollis Blanchard writes:
>
> > Steps to reproduce:
> > 1. install kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
> > 2. run mkvmlinuz with "do_initrd = Yes" in kernel-img.cnf
> > 3. boot the resulting vmlinuz-2.6.8-powerpc on PReP
>
> [...]
> > Setting PCI interrupts for a "IBM 7248, PowerSeries 830/850 
> > (Carolina)"
> [...]
> > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> >  <0>Rebooting in 180
>
> Strange.  I also have a Carolina (a 43P-100, to be precise), and it
> works very well with the exact same setup.  Can you try a non-initrd
> kernel built from Debian sources?

Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2ide: Assuming 
33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
[no disks probed]
...
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(3,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,3)
 <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..

It's missing some drivers that I assume would be present on the 
initrd...

-Hollis