On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 19:48 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:48:17PM +0200, Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > > I updated the linux sources (debian package) from 2.6.18 to 2.6.20. > > Copied the previous .config and issued a make oldconfig > > > > However, the new kernel does not boot: it freezes with a kernel panic > > when trying to mount the root partition... > > > > On other computers (desktops) this kernel update succeeded without any > > problem... > > > > Someone please tell me if I'm wrong, but I think recently someone here > said that 2.6.20 has dropped the names for hd* and all drives are now > sd*. Could that be your issue? What are you telling the kernel to use > as a root fs? > > Perhaps the other computers didn't have any IDE (/dev/hd*) drives. I am currently on 2.6.20 and still have /dev/hd* devices. But then again... I am me. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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