Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2
On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:30:08 -0600
Brad Farr <linuxgeek@unsupported.org> wrote:
> Jay Graves wrote:
> > After
> > apt-get'ing many packages I downloaded the 2.4.21 kernel and rsynced to
> > benh2. compiled and installed. Now when I reboot into open firmware...
> >
> > boot hd:9,yaboot #to get to yaboot
> > boot: hd:11,/vmlinux root=/dev/hdc11 ro #to boot my new 2.4.21-benh2
> > kernel
> >
> > I get kernel panic with the following message
> >
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdc11" or 16:0b
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 16:0b
> >
>
> I had exactly the same experience, but with a blue and white G3.
> As a test, I downloaded the precompiled kernel,
> linux-benh-devel-2.4.21-ben2, from www.ppckernel.org .
> The precompiled kernel, which was the same version but presumably with
> different modules, would boot and run fine.
> Several days earlier I compiled the 2.4.21-benh2 on an older PowerMac
> 7300/200, which boots with BootX, and it would boot without problems.
> I went back to the default woody kernel, 2.4.18-newpmac, for the G3.
> I don't know the solution, but I'd sure like to.
Do you have the right filesystems included in your config? I had to add ext3 to my kernel config, and if you are using xfs, jfs or reiser then you won't get any helpful hints.
I'm running 2.4.21-ben2 on a pismo right now.
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njh
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~njh/
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