I have been trying to get a 2.4 kernel working in different forms for some time now. The problems that have been posted with the results of:
>VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or 03:02 >Please append a correct "root=" boot option >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount rootfs on 03:02 or similar are typical for those that have downloaded a 2.4.x kernel image through dselect (or equiv) and have tried to get it to work. The solution has been to make sure that your /etc/lilo.conf includes the line: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-686 for the 2.4.7 kernel for a 686 or greater. This will get the kernel to boot and start working for my desktop machine. The suggested solutions about making sure ext2 has been compiled in don't apply here since it is a pre-built kernel image. Although this will finally work on my desktop, it still won't work on my laptop. I can't get my pcmcia network card to come up. Since the 2.2.18 kernel, that works, I havn't found out what is different in the modules used or how to get the right ones loaded. I've found that just downloading the source and building my own kernel can eliminate the initrd issues that have caused a lot of the posted problems, I still haven't been able to get pcmcia services to bring up my network card either! I'd prefer to use my own built kernel as my final solution as I dislike the pre-built kernels initrd solution. I could really use some help here. Anyone know how to make it all happen? -Craig -----Original Message----- From: John Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 11:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.7 doesn't work have you got the line initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-686 after the vmlinuz stanza in lilo.conf? that fixed my trouble with that one add the run lilo and boot At 12:36 PM 7/29/01 +0800, Tao Liu wrote: >I upgraded my potato to sid today, >and I installed the package"Kernel-image-2.4.7-686" > >When I reboot, my computer shows: >... >Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM >request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted >VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or 03:02 >Please append a correct "root=" boot option >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount rootfs on 03:02 > >I can still use kernel 2.2.19pre17 now, and it works very good > >my /etc/fstab shows: ># /etc/fstab: static file system information. ># ># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> >/dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 >/dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0 >proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 >/dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0 >/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 >/dev/hda3 /boot ext2 rw 0 2 >/dev/hda5 /usr ext2 rw 0 2 >/dev/hda6 /var ext2 rw 0 2 >/dev/hda7 /home ext2 rw 0 2 >/dev/hda8 /base ext2 rw 0 2 > > >Now, what shall I do to use kernel 2.4.x? >-- >Regards, > >Tao Liu > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >-- >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]
