Re: 2.6.6 kernel-image packages (was: PBG4 2.6.6 .config also available)

To: Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net>
Cc: debian-powerpc <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.6 kernel-image packages (was: PBG4 2.6.6 .config also available)
From: Jens Schmalzing <j.s@lmu.de>
Date: 18 May 2004 14:29:21 +0200
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Hi,

Rory Campbell-Lange writes:

> The 2.6.6 kernel fails to boot completely, reporting:
> 
>     VFS: Cannot open root device "hda12" or unknown-block(0,0)
>     Rebooting in 180 seconds...
> 
> hda12 is ext3 formatted.

It's an initrd kernel.  Meaning you need to create a ramdisk capable
of bringing up the root filesystem.  Read the NEWS.Debian file, it
contains some information.

Regards, Jens.

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