On 8/24/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:49:52PM -0400, Francois Duranleau wrote: > > > > Trying to upgrade to kernel 2.6 (actually, 2.6.18) from 2.4.27, when I > > boot my system with 2.6, I get the following error: > > > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > unknown-block(0,0) > > > > and then it's stalled, of course. I have no such error with 2.4.27. > > Tell us about the hardware: > > Is the disk really a PATA or is it SATA? 2.4 kernels will see them as > /dev/hd* whereas 2.6 kernels will see them as /dev/sd*
It's an old system: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz with 1.25GB RAM and an 80GB Western Digital drive, for sur not SATA, I bought this computer in december 2000. The motherboard is an ABIT KT7 (no RAID, VIA chipsets). Right now I am not using the kernel's VIA chipset driver because it causes me some troubles (see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg00252.html and the rest of the thread). -- Francois -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
