RE: Kernel Panic was: System is too Big; son of make menuconfig
Not a bad assumption, a bad problem: I did install from a deb, and the
source tree etc should be in /usr/src butitaint
If I am going to get out of this situation without reinstalling, I think I
need to start with where I am, which is a mystery to me.
When I just use reset to restart the computer I end up at the kernel panic;
When I use the rescue floppy I made I end up at the kernel panic;
When I use the rescue floppy and press shift at lilo start I get the choice
of linux or linux old. Either one of these without "root=/dev/hda7" leads to
the kernel panic;
Either one of these with the "root=/dev/hda7" leads to the kernel panic;
Using the install CD, "rescue root=/dev/hda7" gives me a login to where I am
which is text mode with virtually no access to any files on the system
because "Ext3 is not supported in the Kernel" which I do not think is either
the new kernel (I did say yes to Ext3 support...but I may have done this as
a module); or the old kernel, which definately had Ext3 support.
I think I am locked out.
Best Wishes!
Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerome Acks Jr [mailto:jracksjr@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 1:28 PM
To: Debian-User@Lists. Debian. Org
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic was: System is too Big; son of make menuconfig
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 01:12:47PM -0700, Michael Olds wrote:
> Thanks JA,
>
> I have posted a couple of updates to this. I am able to login to something
> without the x-windows system. But when I cd to /usr/src it's gone no such
> file or directory
Bad assumption on my part. The .config file is in the directory where
your kernel source is.
If you had installed your kernel source from deb, the source tree
would be in /usr/src.
>
> Best Wishes!
> Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org
>
> From: Jerome Acks Jr [mailto:jracksjr@bellatlantic.net]
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 12:45 PM
> To: Debian-User@Lists. Debian. Org
> Subject: Re: Kernel Panic was: System is too Big; son of make menuconfig
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:05:31AM -0700, Michael Olds wrote:
> > OK, now I've done it!
> >
> > I followed the instructions below and everything seemed to go without
> > problems. I installed the new kernel package also without problems (it
did
> > seem to go very fast?) and then made a floppy disk and then rebooted to
> end
> > up on a frozen screen ending with this message:
> >
> > ...root fs not mounted
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "307" or 03:07
> > Please append a correct "Root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root FS on 03:07
>
> Your probably have not configure the kernel properly for your root
> file system. Check /usr/src/linux/.config and make sure you have these
> settings:
>
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_[Whatever_your_root_file_system_is]_FS=y
>
> If you have the IDE and root file system configure as modules, you
> will need to use an initrd.img to boot.
>
--
Jerome
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