Re: "Kernel Panic" upgrading from 2.4.27 to 2.6.8
Aitor,
I have run into this very issue. Unfortunately I did not have the
time to isolate the actual cause. I have a feeling it has to do with
the make oldconfig though because when I compiled a kernel with a
config from the make oldconfig, I would get this. Although it's a
pain, remove the .config file and do a make menuconfig and re-enter
your settings. That's what I did to fix it. and if you have time run
a diff on the new .config with one that came from the make oldconfig.
That was a little tedious for me.
On 5/16/05, Aitor Roncal <aitor.roncal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> I have big trouble upgrading my Debian server from Kernel 2.4.27 to
> 2.6.8, maybe cause of RAID System. My root filesystem is mounted over
> RAID-1. I succeed in compiling new kernel 2.6.8 with RAID Support,
> SerialATA, EXT2, EXt3, RaidAutoDetect and similar stuff built-in, as
> needed in Kernel 2.4.27 to work properly as it does. But when trying
> to boot the new kernel i get a "Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount
> root FS on unknown-block (9,1)". My fstab:
>
> /dev/md1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
>
> where /dev/md1 is a fine working RAID-1 with partitions /dev/hda3 &
> /dev/hdb3 (Linux Raid Autodetext) on my 2.4.27 system. Lilo.conf:
>
> lba32
> boot=/dev/hda
> install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> map=/boot/map
> delay=20
> vga=normal
> timeout=50
> prompt
> default=Linux-2.4.27-2
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux-2.4.27-2
> root=/dev/md1
> read-only
> append="hdg=none"
> image=/vmlinuz.new
> label=Linux-2.6.8
> root=/dev/md1
> read-only
> append="hdg=none"
> optional
>
> I cannot see the big difference between 2.4.X & 2.6.X configs (i made
> a "make oldconfig", and i have gone through both files again and
> again). I would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Aitor.
>
>
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