> Mark - > > I've performed the apt-get dist-upgrade without the kernel change. Then, > rather than compiling the kernel, I'm apt-get install ing the new > kernel-image. The configuration has been my down fall. It proceeds normally, > but then 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
I proceeded the same way, and had the same error, kernel panic, for the same reason. (In my case, it tried to locate root on another partition, of course ...) Hopefully I had lilo configured with both the old and the new kernel, and it did restart _without_ any problem with my old 2.2.17 Kernel ?? Laurent.
