On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 14:30 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > The root device is PATA drive hda, but there is also a SATA drive > > in the system. > > > > I've Googled this, but no joy. Must be searching for the wrong > > strings. > > > > Currently running linux-image-2.6.14-1-686, which seems to be working > > fine. Sound, mouse, boot speed, etc all normal. > > > > $ uname -a > > Linux haggis 2.6.14-1-686 #1 Tue Nov 1 15:51:43 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > $ cd /boot > > $ dir *2.6.16*686 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 652659 Apr 3 09:31 System.map-2.6.16-1-686 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67112 Apr 3 07:40 config-2.6.16-1-686 > > -rw------- 1 root root 1128474 Apr 8 13:07 initrd.img-2.6.16-1-686 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1145551 Apr 3 09:31 vmlinuz-2.6.16-1-686 > > > > $ grep hda /etc/lilo.conf > > boot=/dev/hda > > root=/dev/hda2 > > > > The error: > > RAMDISK: Couldn't open root device "302" or unknown-block(3,2). > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs or unknown- > > block(3,2) > > > > Has something radical changed between 2.6.14 & .16? > > That might be a problem with your initrd image for 2.6.16. There are (at > least) two different packages for initrd creation, initrd-tools and > yaird. Sometimes it is enough to just switch to the one that you did not > use before.
The issue is moot for me now, because I built my own kernel that has the vital chipset/ide/etc routines compiled into the kernel. And it's still smaller than the stock images. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order." Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
