Re: Fresh Sarge Install - 2.6.8 Kernel Panic
Kent West wrote:
> Ryan Foley wrote:
>
>>Hey,
>>
>>I'm new to this mailing list. I'm pretty familiar with linux
>>administration but I'm fairly new to using it as a workstation. I'm
>>hoping to solve a problem that I've run into several times with sarge,
>>usually causing me to fallback on pre-compiled kernel images from apt.
>>
>>I have a fresh sarge installation on a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. I
>>have everything configured as well as I can with the kernel image, so
>>I've compiled a 2.6.8 kernel. However, booting into the new kernel
>>gives me the following panic:
>>
>>VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(0,0)
>>Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>>Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>>
>>I have WinXP on hda1 with the Debian installation on a single
>>partition, hda2. Here's the config from my menu.list:
>>
>>title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.820041219
>>root (hd0,1)
>>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.820041219 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791
>>savedefault
>>boot
>>
>>
>>
>>
> If it's a stock 2.6.x kernel, I believe it uses initrd. I'm not familiar
> with grub, but lilo needs to be informed of the initrd file. grub
> probably does also; I'd try adding "initrd=/initrd.img" to the
> parameters on the kernel line.
>
Agreed. I think you also need two additional parameters in the kernel line:
ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init
... so it was with my menu.lst modifications to boot Knoppix on hard drive.
Roby
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