On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 12:29:58PM -0500, Mark Hansen wrote: > I'm getting this error and can't boot the 2.6.9 kernel that I built: > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block(8,2). > > I'm NOT a linux admin by any stretch. This box boots using 2.4.31. I > think maybe it has something to do with the SATA drive?? Any help will > be appreciated.
We should be able to help, but need some more information. Could you capture the boot messages from the kernel? If you have access to a serial port cable you can tell the kernel to print everything to the serial port as well as the screen by adding "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400" to the kernel command line. In this case we're using the first serial port (ttyS0) at 38400 baud. In your case I think that means changing the line in lilo.conf from: append="root=/dev/sda2" to: append="root=/dev/sda2 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400" and rerunning lilo (from the working kernel). If you could also tell us what chipset is in the box (the output from lspci -vv is helpful). /Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
