Re: Kernel-2.6.8 on Acer 8100 series

[Gustavo Tourinho <gtourinho@gmail.com>]

Thanks for all helping.

Just changing hda to sda it works.



On 5/1/05, Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> On Sunday 01 May 2005 07:03, Gustavo Tourinho wrote:
> > Ive just instaled sarge (kernel 2.4) on a acer 8103 and its okey.
> >
> > After upgraded the kernel (apt-get install kernel-images-2.6.8-2-686)
> > and reboot the system, the boot just HALT after the message
> > "Uncompressing linux...."
> >
> > So, I put the flag "acpi=off" on boot parameter. But now I have another
> > problem.
> 
> This could maybe be fixed by using a 2.6.10 kernel.
> 
> > Im getting kernel panic with this message.
> >
> > /sbin/init: 431: cannot open dev/console
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init
> 
> Seeing as you have a SATA controller, the most likely cause is that your
> disk devices have changed from /dev/hda to /dev/sda with the switch from
> 2.4 to 2.6.
> You will have to edit your bootloader configuration and /etc/fstab to
> reflect this change.
> 
> The other possibility is that the driver needed for your harddisk
> controller is not being included in the initrd for the 2.6.8 kernel.
> 
> Cheers,
> FJP
> 
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