Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)
on 04.9.11 10:17 AM, Sebastiaan Molenaar at debian@macktic.co.uk was
reported to have writen:
> Hi all,
>
> This is starting to drive me crazy by now so I hope someone has got an
> answer.
> I'm trying to install Debian on my Powerbook G3 (wallstreet)
> Base install seems to work allright, but I can't get the system booted.
>
> quik doesn't seem to work, and when I try bootx I get the following
> message:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda7" 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)
>
> I'm using BootX v1.2.2 (hoping to use quik later on so I can do away
> with my mac partition)
>
> If I drop to shell during install I see that hda7 is mounted as:
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7
>
> When I try to put that in the box in BootX I get the same error message
> (obviously with "hda7" replaced with "/dev/ide......")
>
> Any help would be greatly appriciated.
>
> Greetz,
> Seb.
>
FWIT, I am having the exact same problem. I can boot into the new system
with the 2.4 series kernel without any problems using BootX... however
attempting to boot with a 2.6 series kernel results in the same error that
Sebastian is having...
....?
Dylan
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