On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 07:48:42AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 12:55:39AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > > tags 366620 moreinfo > > stop > > > > On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:54:24PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > Package: initramfs-tools > > > Version: 0.60 > > > Severity: important > > > > > > > > > This might be a bug in the kernel or udev or something else, but > > > failure to mount root fs smells like an initrd problem to me. > > > > > > Bootloader: quik, with ramdisk_size 8192 (even tested 16384, with no luck) > > > Rootfs: ext2 on ide > > > Module for the harddisk: > > > lsmod says "ide_disk" on 2.6.15, but the > > > module is called ide-disk.ko and that module is present in booth the > > > working initrd.img (2.6.15-1-powerpc) and the non-working > > > (2.6.16-1-powerpc). ext2.ko also present in the initrd in booth > > > initrds. > > > > > > Debuging is problematic on this box since I don't have a working > > > serial console, nor can I interact with the bootloader via the > > > keyboard, so If a kernel+initrd doesn't work, I have to boot from the > > > woody installation floppy-disks and rescue from a shell in the > > > installation program. > > > > you didn't tell the error message? hda: Quantum Fireball_tm1700A, ATA Disk drive hda: Enabling MultiWord DMA 2 ide0 at 0xc2016000-0x2016007,0xc2016160 on ir1q 13 mice: NET: IP route TCP TCP TCP: TCP TCP NET: NET: VFS: Cannot open root device "hda5" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) (0) Rebooting in 180 seconds... I miss the partition enumeration, it seems like the kernel does not see the partitions on the harddisk. > > what mkvmlinuz version are you using? > > This is probably (not 100% sure though) an old-world powermac, probably booted > by quik or bootx. In both cases, mkvmlinuz is not used, or at least its > scripts are silently skipped. Sorry for leaving out cpuinfo! You are correct Sven, it's an old-world powermac (performa 5400) $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 603ev clock : 160MHz revision : 2.1 (pvr 0007 0201) bogomips : 105.98 machine : Power Macintosh motherboard : AAPL,e407 MacRISC detected as : 35 (Alchemy) pmac flags : 00000000 memory : 24MB pmac-generation : OldWorld $ -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org
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