Re: problem while update to kernel 2.6.6
On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 10:50, Paul Tsai wrote:
> Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 01:01, J. Preiss wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have exactly the same message on the screen.
> >>I think it has something todo with this initrd-option (which I ignored of
> >>course...). My device is 305 (3,5).
> >>
> >>
> >
> >man lilo.conf may help
> >
> >
> >
> >>Am Montag, 14. Juni 2004 09:10 schrieb Jinzhi Lei:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Dear all,
> >>> While I update the the kernel from 2.2 to 2.6.6, I had the following
> >>>question: VFS: Cannot open root device "1606" or unknown-block(22,6)
> >>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> >>> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(22,6)
> >>>
> >>>But I had root=/dev/hdc6 at the file LILO.conf. Who can tell me how to
> >>>resolve this problem? Thank you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >I can't say for sure because I'm not yet running 2.6 kernel, but perhaps
> >it's lba32 option?
> >
> >Here are some of the lines from my lilo.conf:
> >
> >---
> >lba32
> >
> >boot=/dev/hda
> >
> >root=/dev/hda7
> >
> >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-686
> > label=2.4.26-1-686
> > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-686
> > read-only
> >---
> >
> >Note the initrd option line in my "image" stanza for my 2.4.26 kernel.
> >
> >good luck
> >zen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> after making changes in lilo.conf try typing lilo also double check
> your partitions. last make sure you have the correct modules
> loaded/compiled.
> also try compiling with the -initrd option in make-kpkg
>
> good luck
> paul
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