Re: installing new kernel-image (the game)
I think you forgot to use the "lilo" command to update activate your
changes......
- David
> you are right, my apologies
>
> the computer is a novatech laptop P4 processor, woody installed with
> kernel 2.2.20 (trying to update to 2.4.18-686),
>
> I have a SiS7012 sound card, SiS900 ethernet card, etc; the important
> thing (in my view) is that I've got a winmodem from (also) SiS. I
> downloaded the driver to make it work but in the readme file I learnt
> that I needed a kernel 2.4.x.
> I downloaded the image using apt-get, and I edited lilo (I ENCLOSE
> /etc/lilo.conf as attachment)
>
> When executing lilo ( already wrote the output of this....)
> .
>
> Then reboot, the MBR appears i choose the new kernel and when it seems
> is starting to boot it gives me this error:
>
> request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device "305" or 03:05
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
>
> The root device is correct, is /dev/hda5 which, actually, is my root
> partition
>
> I also tried to configure /etc/lilo.conf in different ways (according
> to the things I read about) but it got worse (and the end I had to use
> a rescue cd to boot into the old kernel) and I did not know where to go
> know
>
> any help is welcome
>
> rodrigo
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 19:06, nate wrote:
>> ylbaggar said:
>>
>> > what did i forget?
>>
>>
>> Is this a game? what can I win? I can't guess what you forgot because
>> you didn't include enough information about your hardware and software
>> configurations, and where the kernel paniced and what message it gave
>> you when it did panic.
>>
>> the list cannot read minds ...
>>
>> nate
>>
>>
>>
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