Thanks for the boot options Justin, Yes I did run lilo, and I use initrd, as you can see from lilo.conf parts that I pasted into my first email.
On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:49:23 -0700, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 04 November 2004 20:11, Eddy Jacob wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm running debian, sarge. I installed the OS from Knoppix 3.4. I want > > to use kernel 2.6.8, but I've got a problem on booting > > kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686. I got this: > > > > Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,7) > > > > Currently I'm using kernel 2.4.26 default from Knoppix. I also got > > similar error when trying kernel-image-2.4.26.-1-686. I really don't > > know how to get it working. > > I've tried googling the web and searching all debian's list archive, > > and found many pages related to that specific error, but the solutions > > suggested were to compile the kernel with file system driver compiled > > and something about MSDOS partition support built into the kernel not > > as module. > > > > But I don't want to compile the kernel. What I don't understand is, > > why the package I downloaded from debian sarge, causes that error? Is > > it really because of the file system driver not compiled into the > > kernel? I thought that packages from sarge should be common enough so > > that user can just download them and use it. > > > > Also, the kernel-image downloaded from debian is unable to use the > > vesafb (I guess). my vga option in lilo.conf is vga=791, which is > > working under knoppix default. > > > > BTW, my lilo.conf is like: > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26 > > label="Linux" > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.26 > > append="ramdisk_size=500000 lang=de apm=power-off hda=scsi > > hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi nomce" > > read-only > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-686 > > label="Linux-686" > > vga=extended > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-686 > > append="ramdisk_size=500000 lang=de apm=power-off hda=scsi > > hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi nomce" > > read-only > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-686 > > label="Linux-2.6" > > vga=extended > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-686 > > append="ramdisk_size=500000 lang=en apm=power-off hda=scsi nomce" > > read-only > > > > I don't have a clue to why all hdx is equal to scsi. and what > > apm=power-off means and nomce? > > > hdx=scsi: > There's a big debate on that one, but basically, it's for CD burning. If > you don't need to burn CDs, you probably don't need it. > apm=power-off: > This is a switch meant to make your computer power completely off when you > choose shutdown from the gui menu, or when you issue the shutdown command > from the command line. If your computer is really old, your bios won't > support it, and it won't work anyway. If you don't care, take it out. > Your computer may work anyway. > nomce: > "This command disables self-diagnosis checks performed on the CPU. The > kernel enables self-diagnosis on the CPU by default (called Machine Check > Exception). On some older Compaq machines, this check is run too often and > may need to be disabled." > > Some of this information was gleaned from this page: > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/ch-bootopts.html > > > Anyone have a solution to this? I've been trying to find answer to > > this for a week. Many thanks. > > You did run lilo after you installed the new kernels, right? You did tell > lilo that your kernels use an initrd, right? > > Justin Guerin > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
