Re: Kernel Upgrade
Cool Bananas It works...
Many thanks for that, you don't want to know how many hours I have spend
trying to get to work :)))
Johnno
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Janssen"
> Hello
>
> Johnno (<valentine@xtra.co.nz>) wrote:
>
> > I was trying to update the kernel from 2.2.0 to 2.4.18-1-386
> >
> > I used apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-386
> >
> > I have tried to install it a few times but still get the some errors
> > when I reboot
> >
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or 03:01
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel Panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:01
>
> You need to configure lilo to use the initrd, because without it the
> kernel cannot load the drivers needed to access the root device. Add
> the line
>
> initrd=/initrd.img
>
> to the Linux section (if that is the entry for 2.4) of your lilo.conf,
> and run lilo.
>
> best regards
> Andreas Janssen
>
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