Re: kernel panich VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)

[Craig Russell <craig@airdigitalnetwork.com>]

Craig Russell wrote:

> Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 09:54:09PM -0400, Craig Russell wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> > >   ok-
> > >   taking these suggestions (and I concur, grub is a lot easier) I still
> > >   have the same problem with the kernel panic.  / is on /dev/hda1 swap
> > >   on /dev/hda2; grub recognizes the new kernel and it is an option on
> > >   the menu.  I went back and re-verifed that ext2 and ext3 filesystems
> > >   are configured into the kernel and *NOT* as modules.  I did a make
> > >   clean and a make-dpkg clean and recompiled and re-installed the new
> > >   kernel.  No compilation errors, no installation errors, but still the
> > >   same can't mount root fs error.
> > >   One thing I'm confused on is the ide drivers in the 2.6 kernel.  
> > > While
> > >   reading the help under ATA, etc. it states that I should be using the
> > >   scsi driver for ide drives unless I have legacy equipment (which I
> > >   don't, Vision computers x86 based, new in the last 2 weeks), but 
> > > under
> > >   the scsi drivers section it asks for a specific driver and does not
> > >   list anything remotely close to what i've got.
> > >   So, I'm at a logjam.
> > >   Thanks for the help
> > >   Craig Russell
> > >   Airdigitalnetwork.com
> > >   
> >
> >
> > Post /boot/grub/menu.1st
> >
> > Post /etc/fstab
> >
> >  
>
> Ok-

I ended up giving up on this for the moment since I need to get this 
machine deployed so I went with the kernel-image package from 
debian.org.  This, of course, worked perfectly and loaded up in no time 
and booted the first time out of the blocks.  This is great but I'd 
still like to figure out what I was doing wrong with my home-compliled 
kernel.  Is there a way to compare the two kernels to see which module/s 
the packaged kernel has installed that I missed in my kernel?  Thanks 
again for the help


Craig Russell
AirDigitalNetwork.com