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Re: Unofficial 2.6.11 kernel-images available for sparc



Please ignore my previous post; I made a typo in silo.conf :-/
Kernel boots all the way to login prompt now, but X fails to start,
keyboard keys are scrambled, and ethernet (happymeal) is not detected.

Peter

> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1 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)
> 
> Kernel 2.4.27 works fine with same silo.conf root=/dev/hda1 parameter
> Some googling showed this thread
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/970?PHPSESSID=4a8124f9c01a609470d7f352429b97b2
> and a suggested fix "you must "INCLUDE IDE/ATA disk Support" compile in
> your kernel and not as module..." seemed to work there. 
> I don't know much about kernel stuff, I hope this makes sense to
> someone. Back to my previous kernel for now.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 



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