Re: move from 2.4.24 kernel to 2.6.10 gives kernel panic

[Andrey Andreev <andreev@cs.helsinki.fi>]

Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm unable to move my system from a 2.4.24 kernel to a 2.6 kernel.
> I first had my root on LVM and thought it was because of that, that it 
> didn't work.
> However, i've switched my root to a normal ext3 partition. To my 
> surprise it still doesn't work.
> I then tried a standard Debian kernel which also doesn't work:
>  pivot_root: No such file or directory
>  /sbin/init: 431: Cannot open /dev/console: No such file
>  Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init
[snip]
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.10-1-686
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1-686 root=/dev/hda2 vga=791 ramdisk=70000 
> acpi=off pci=noacpi
> initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.10-1-686
> savedefault
> boot

Have you tried different roots, like /dev/sda2? It sure helped me.

Andro

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Andrey Andreev
University of Helsinki
Dept. of Computer Science