Stephen Cormier wrote:
On April 25, 2007 04:48:17 pm Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
Hi
I updated the linux sources (debian package) from 2.6.18 to 2.6.20.
Copied the previous .config and issued a make oldconfig
However, the new kernel does not boot: it freezes with a kernel panic
when trying to mount the root partition...
My laptop is a sony vaio...
On other computers (desktops) this kernel update succeeded without any
problem...
any clue please?
thanks in advance
Lorenzo
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Using make oldconfig is not really recommended your better off using make
menuconfig, xconfig ... even if it is only to load then save and exit with
the old .config file at least you get a warning of what has changed/is not
I thought that make oldconfig was the right procedure when switching to
a new kernel, since you're asked questions only about things that
changed... am I missing something?
are you suggesting instead to copy the old .config in the new kernel
directory and issue a make menuconfig? But how do you know about the
new options?
used anymore. I know the driver names for the SATA drives at least changed
from the .18 to .20 so if it is using one of those then that is the first
place to look and the IDE drives are now being detected as sd? instead of hd?
I don't this is the issue: if you see my answer to another answer you
see that the new kernel works perfectly on desktops where I have
/dev/hd* (which are still detected as /dev/hd*) while the problem is on
my laptop where the hard disk is /dev/sda
Lorenzo
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