Re: Fwd: Boot problem with Kernel Package kernels

[mertress <mertress@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 01 September 2009 04:50:45 Arthur Barlow wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:56 PM
> Subject: Boot problem with Kernel Package kernels
> To: debian-user@debian.org
>
>
> I'm been using Debian for over a decade now, and it's always been my
> practice to build new kernel with the "kernel-package" software that is
> part of Debian's toolkit.  I"m noticed over the last few months that all
> kernels I try to build will not boot and throw a "kernel panic."  The
> message is as follows:
>
> No filesystem could mount root, tried:
> Kenel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)
>
> My grub menu.lst looks like this:
>
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.30
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/hda1 ro
>
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.30 (single-user mode)
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
>
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686 (single-user mode)
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>
> You can see I do not build an "initrd" image, but I've never had to in the
> past.  Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Art

Hello
May be this is about your problem: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523835 ?

If it is true, you can 
comment following string in /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
	# kernel-package passes an extra arg; hack to not run under kernel-package
	[ -z "$2" ] || exit 0

or

after installing your kernel package run
	update-initramfs -c -k <your_kernel_version>	
	dpkg-reconfigure <your_kernel_package_name> 
for updating bootloader.

Hope this help

mertress