Greg Folkert wrote:
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.
well, actually, on the desktops where this kernel works I have only /dev/hd*, while on the laptop where it does not work I have /dev/sda as the main hard disk (where the root is).
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