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Re: Problem compiling 2.6.26 kernel



On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 02:28:43AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
> On 09/27/2008 10:42 PM, Arthur Barlow wrote:
>> I have used Debian for many years and I have always used the  
>> kernel-package program that is included with Debian to compile new  
>> kernels.  I have an older Athlon PC that has the Reiserfs 3.6 on  it.   
>> After I do the "make-kpkg --revision= ## kernel-image" and then use  
>> "dpkg -i" to install the new kernel, I keep getting a kernel panic.  
>> The message reads like this:
>>
>>     VFS: Cannot open rootdevice "301" or unknown-block(3,1)
>>     Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are available  
>> partitions:
>>     Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on  
>> unknown-block(3,1)
>>
>> It appears to have trouble mounting the file systems.  I've never run  
>> into this before.  The boot manager is still "lilo" and there is a  
>> "root=/dev/hda1" statement in the "lilo.conf" file.  Any suggestions  
>> would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> You seem to be the second person in two days who has complained about  
> this. Has kernel.org changed how IDE devices are accessed?
>
> For the time being, you can probably boot using a root of /dev/sda1. The  
> problem is probably that the kernel IDE driver (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE) is  
> not being loaded before libata (CONFIG_ATA). I'm running 2.6.26.5 with a  
> config file that I've used for about a year; I generally get my kernels  
> from kernel.org.

Interestingly, I installed the latest 2.6.26.6 and I was burning a dvd,
but I had to reboot the machine because the process got stuck, I could
not kill 09 the process and it locked the dvd drive 

>
> It would be interesting to know where your kernel source comes from.  
> Also, please give us the output of these commands:
>
> grep BLK_DEV_IDE .config
> grep "CONFIG_S\?ATA" .config
>
> BTW, I have both BLK_DEV_IDE and BLK_DEV_IDEDISK set to "y".
>
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