Umm, so you are using potato, and kernel 2.4.9? Well, especially if you use a modular kernel, this is a problem, you need to have modutils from woody or sid, they support 2.4.x kernels. If you can boot to your system using your installation CD, as I suppose you can, just install a new modutils package from woody or sid, and maybe modconf too if you use that, and see if that helps.
Regards, - Teppo On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Tom Allison wrote: > On Wednesday 17 October 2001 04:29, Bjorn Eriksson spewed forth: > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Mariusz Zielinski wrote: > > > On Wednesday 17 October 2001 03:40, Tom Allison wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > > That's when things started getting weird. > > > > I think I also changed the kernel to include devfs & ide-cd (IDE-ATAPI > > > > support for my CDROM drive). > > > > > > I think the problem is devfs. It changes naming of the devices and > > > /dev/hda6 isn't /dev/hda6 anymore. Try booting kernel without > > > devfs. > > > > Using kernel parameter devfs=nomount > > > > Next time, keep your old kernel around for backup! HTH. > > Thanks! I tried reading up on this devfs thing and found something that got > me a little closer: > LILO: linux root=/dev/ide/part5 > resulted in: > VFS: mounted root (cramfs filesystem) > Waiting for 5 sseconds, press ENTER to obtain a shell > modprobe: Can't locate module ext2 <<I know this is *BAD*>> > Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream > > I love the kernel messaging! But not the message. > I suppose at this point I have to figure out what happened to my modules, or > what my kernel thinks I did with my modules. > Question: In order for this kernel to compile, I had to remove the > modversions portion (keep track of modules by kernel version) which I've > never seen before. > Where is is trying to find the modules? > /lib/modules/ instead of /lib/modules/2.4.9/ ? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
