Re: problem while update to kernel 2.6.6
Sorry, but you'll get always this problem if you change to another kernel
image. Currently I wanted to update from 2.2.20 (boot disks from internet) to
2.4, and the message is the same.
Am Montag, 14. Juni 2004 21:09 schrieb Zenaan Harkness:
> 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
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