Re: Fwd: 2.6.26 and 2.6.29 kernel image , Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0
On 2009-06-26 03:09 +0200, Szabolcs Tóth wrote:
> I have a Proliant DL380 G5 server with a HP Smart Array P400
> Controller which provide 2 logical drive.
>
> I used 2.6.18 debian kernel. After I upgraded to lenny I installed the
> 2.6.26 amd64 kernel package but the system hanged with the following
> error msg.
>
> I installed the the 2.6.29 kernel too from the lenny-backport but I
> got the same error msg. I tried to upgrade lilo, adding the
> lage-memory option but nothing.
You could try grub instead, it is considered somewhat less broken than
lilo. Or rebuild the initramfs after setting `MODULES=dep' in
/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf to reduce its size.
> [ 4.550063] checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip
> magic numbers); looks like an initrd
> [ 4.690037] Freeing initrd memory: 6392k freed
> [ 7.920170] Waiting 12sec before mounting root device...
> [ 19.988876] RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> [ 20.067490] List of all partitions:
> [ 20.142760] No filesystem could mount root, tried:
> [ 20.200934] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root
> fs on unknown-block(104,2)
http://bugs.debian.org/479607 looks related to your problem, however
using the large-memory option should have solved it.
Sven
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