On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:45:27 -0800, Eric N. Valor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my
> system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or
> unknown-block(8,1)".
>
> I am using a Symbios SCSI card without any IDE devices (save the CDROM)
> in my system. My lilo.conf properly identifies the boot device and root
> device ("boot=/dev/sda" and "root=/dev/sda1"). The SCSI drivers are
> compiled directly into the kernel, and the devices are all seen on
> bootup.
>
> My previous 2.6.8 kernel boots, but not this one. The only change I
> made was to enable HFS filesystem (so I can play with my new iPod).
>
> Any ideas?
>
Are you sure you need to compile a kernel yourself to use HFS? With
the Debian 2.6.8 binary image, what's the result of "modinfo hfsplus"
and "modinfo hfs"?
Andrea
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