Re: Bug#293481: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686: Cannot open root device

["yves geunes - lil'systems" <info@lilsystems.be>]

Nigel Stephens wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> Version: 2.6.8-12
> Severity: normal
>
> My current 2.6.6 kernel boots and runs OK on my Toshiba Tecra S1
> laptop. But when I try to boot the 2.6.8 (or 2.6.10) kernel the
> bootstrap fails early on like this:
>
>   RAMDISK: Loading 4540 blocks [1 disk] into ramdisk... done.
>   VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem) readonly.
>   VFS: Cannot open root device "hda5" or unknown-block(0,0)
>   Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>   Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
[snip]
>   title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-686 
>   root		(hd0,4)
>   kernel	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro panic=60 
>   initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-686
Try compiling the cramfs in the kernel, not as module. This worked out for me on 4.6.10
yves