[ don't cross post to unrelevant lists ] On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:47:48AM -0600, David Vanfleet wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to get Debian (Lenny) to recognize 6 Gig of memory on a > Dell PE 2650 server. I installed the basic 5.02a Debian system with just > a minimal install then I installed the 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel so it > will see all the memory. When I boot into the bigmem kernel it fails to > boot, the errors I get are: > > WARNING boot device may be renamed. Try root=/dev/hda3 > ... > ALERT! /dev/sda3 does not exist > > To see a snapshot of the full error goto: > > http://www.amwestonline.com/error/DSC07082.JPG > > Booting into the regular 2.6.26-2-686 kernel works just fine, but I only > see 4 gig of memory. After the error it drops me into a shell I can see > that /dev/hda3 does not exist. This system is setup with Raid 5. I've > been struggling with this for over a week now so any help would be > greatly appreciated.
fix your bootargs as told above. device names are not stable! for that you need to use UUID strings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
