Re: kernel panic - trying to build 2.6.x for Dell PowerEdge 850
On 11/7/05, Mark Hansen <mark@javector.com> wrote:
> I'm getting this error and can't boot the 2.6.9 kernel that I built:
>
> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block(8,2).
>
> I'm NOT a linux admin by any stretch. This box boots using 2.4.31. I
> think maybe it has something to do with the SATA drive?? Any help will
> be appreciated.
Yeah, it probably does. I see you are using a 3ware controller. Could
it be a 9xxx series rather than one of the 8xxx SATA boards? The 9xxx
are more common, I think. They use a different driver.
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