Mike - The 2.4 kernel has been installed, boot floppy created, and the reboot fails with a kernel panic that it can't find root at hda2. Root is located at /dev/hda2. There is no boot prompt to pass the process additional parameters.
- Steve -----Original Message----- From: Michael Heldebrant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:34 AM To: Debian User List (E-mail) Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel What does the error say? Has the new 2.4 kernel been installed and booted? <raid comments removed as requested> --mike On 06 Aug 2001 10:18:49 -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Folks - > > I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good > potato installation to the new woody > distribution including the 2.4 kernel. Each time I attempt to install the > kernel, I get a statement regarding initrd, and the upgrade fails. > > I've looked high and low for documentation on this upgrade, but have failed > miserably in finding any. Can someone please point me to documentation to > get me over this hurdle. (yes, I've seen the potato docs to upgrade potato > to the 2.4 kernel but I'm looking to get to a full-blown woody > installation.) > > All help appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Stephen L. Nosal > New York, NY > > > -- > 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]
