Baccanelli Massimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>os: debian on an ibook(G4, 1G, 12") >> >>I've just installed a new kernel image (kernel-image-2.6.11-powerpc) >>with initrd support, but was unable to boot the new kernel, which stops >>at: >> >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on >> unknown-block.. >> >>In `/' i have: >> >> /initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-powerpc >> /vmlinux -> boot/vmlinux-2.6.11-powerpc >> /vmlinux.old -> boot/vmlinux-2.6.9 >> >>and in `yaboot.conf': >> >>===================================== >>boot=/dev/hdc2 >>device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>partition=4 >>root=/dev/hdc4 >>timeout=30 >>install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot >>magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot >>defaultos=linux >>default=debian >> >>image=/vmlinux.old >> label=debian >> read-only >> >>image=/vmlinux >> lable=debiannew >> root=/dev/hdc4 >> initrd=/initrd.img >>===================================== >> >>As directed, i tried to append various root= options, still failed. To >>boot my old kernel, on the second stage of yaboot type either >>`/vmlinux.old' or `/vmlinux.old root=/dev/hdc4' is fine; while, to boot >>the new 2.6.11 kernel, root=/dev/hdc4, /dev/hda4, hd:4, >>/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:4, ... won't work. >> >> I'm kind of confused with it, any ideas? >> >> btw, 2.6.9 is built by hand myself. >> >>-- >>William >> >> >> >> > Hi William, > > yuor root file system is: ext2, ext3 or reiserfs ? > if reiserfs or ext3 ... ... is included in the linux kernel ?
Oh..that might be the reason.. My root fs is xfs. I checked the config-2.6.11-powerpc, which shows that it has made xfs built as module.. Any method to reconfigure the pre-compiled kernel-image ? I really don't wanna compile the whole myself, which is time-consuming.. > sorry for my bad english . ;-) -- William -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
