Re: Kernel Upgrade
Hello
Bernie Berg (<bernie@dakotanetwork.com>) wrote:
> Johnno wrote:
>>Bernie Berg (<bernie@dakotanetwork.com>) wrote:
>>> Johnno wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>> Are you using ext3 or reiserfs (or maybe some other fs that isn't
>>> compiled by default)? If so you should compile your filesystems
>>> option into the kernel rather than making it a module so the kernel
>>> can read your file system at boot time. Optionally you can use
>>> initrd, but I don't know much about that.
>>>
>> Many thanks for the reply.
>> I am using ext2 and used apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-386
>> How do I go about compliing the filesystem options?
>>
> Well, this must not be your problem becuase I am sure ext2 is in that
> kernel.
No, it isn't. It is only in the bf24 kernel. The other 2.4.18 kernels
are extremely modular - that is why you need the initrd. It is not
optional.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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