On Wednesday 06 October 2004 02:33 pm, Ian Lipsky wrote: > I've been trying to get the 2.6.8 kernel installed. But it keeps > failing to boot. > > nforce2 ide controller at pci slot 0000:00:09.0 > nforce2 chipset revision 162 > nforce2 not 100% native mode, will probe irqs later > nforce2 bios didnt set cable bits correctly, enabling workaround > > <few more lines of text with nothing that looked like an error> > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: unknown partition table > NTFS driver 2.1.15 flags R/O MODULE > pivot_root: no such file or directory > /sbin/init: 426: cannot open dev/console: no such file > kernel panic: attempted to kill init!
No solution but it seems the key is 'pivot_root' There is a man page for 'pivot_root'. My sentiment is to compile my own kernels without using an initrd.img. > I've been using google to try and find a solution but so far no luck. > My lilo.conf file looks like this: > > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux > read-only > initrd=/initrd.img > > I can boot with the older 2.14.18 kernel with no problem. I tried > downloading and installing the nforce drivers from nvidia (even > though they just seem to be audio and network drivers, no ide > drivers) but i couldnt get that to install either. Tells me gcc > version check failed, or if i try to compile it manually tells me > make command not found (gcc is installed). > > Any suggestions? > > Ian -- Greg C. Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
