Need help with Unstable and kernel 2.6.8
I recently installed XP and Debian Unstable on separate partitions on my
laptop. I also wanted to upgrade to the latest kernel, and play with
Grub. I thus found http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm and
followed it to help me obtain kernel 2.6.8, which I compiled and installed
per its instructions. At the end, upon a reboot, I get the following and
an error:
IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 16Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 32768)
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S4bios S5)
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 reviewed the Grub menu.lst and the exact configuration exists for both
2.4.27-1-686 and 2.6.8. The 2.4.27 section works fine. Here is the
listing:
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8 Default
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8 Default (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro single
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-1-686
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686 root=/dev/hda2 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-686
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-1-686 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-686
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
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