Re: Kernel Panic: VFS cannot open a root device

From: porranenhuma
Date: Sun Jul 17 2005 - 19:29:18 EST


I already done that things , and I still getting these errors ... I dont
no what to do , and I'm getting desesperated...

'>'-- Mensagem Original --
'>'From: Norbert van Nobelen <norbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
'>'To: "GlupFire" <porranenhuma@xxxxxxxxx>
'>'Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS cannot open a root device
'>'Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:16:37 +0000
'>'
'>'
'>'You should compile in the filesystem (reiserfs?) into the kernel (*
instead
'>'of
'>'M), or put the correct module in initrd (usually done by mkinitrd).

'>'After that run lilo, and it should boot just fine.
'>'
'>'Norbert
'>'
'>'Op zaterdag 16 juli 2005 20:57, schreef u:
'>'> > Hi , i have kernel 2.4.29 at slack 10.1 and when I upgrade my kernel
'>'to
'>'> > 2.6.11 I get these erros on booting
'>'> >
'>'> > VFS: Cannot open a root device "301" or unknow block
'>'> > please append a correct "root" boot option
'>'> > KERNEL PANIC : not syncing; VFS; Unable to mount root fs on
'>'> > unknown-block (3,1)
'>'> >
'>'> > I have compiled my kernel with my IDE support and also with my file
'>'> > system support with built-in option.
'>'> >
'>'> > My LILO.CONF
'>'> > image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11
'>'> > root = /dev/hda1
'>'> > label = 2.6.11
'>'> > initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
'>'> > read-only
'>'> >
'>'> > I googled this problem, and I think is a kind of bug, and i tryed
to
'>'> > patch the kernel with Alan Cox patch 2.6.11-ac7.bzip and I get
these
'>'::
'>'> > bzip2 -dc /usr/src/patch-2.6.11.ac7.bzip | patch -p1 -s
'>'> > 1 out of hunk FAILED --saving rejects to file Makefike.rej
'>'> >
'>'> > and I cat the file Makefile.rej
'>'> >
'>'> > ***************
'>'> > *** 1,8 ****
'>'> > VERSION = 2
'>'> > PATCHLEVEL = 6
'>'> > SUBLEVEL = 11
'>'> > - EXTRAVERSION =
'>'> > - NAME=Woozy Numbat
'>'> >
'>'> > # *DOCUMENTATION*
'>'> > # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help"
'>'> > --- 1,8 ----
'>'> > VERSION = 2
'>'> > PATCHLEVEL = 6
'>'> > SUBLEVEL = 11
'>'> > + EXTRAVERSION = ac7
'>'> > + NAME=AC
'>'> >
'>'> > # *DOCUMENTATION*
'>'> > # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help"
'>'> >
'>'> > I'm stuck! The patch dont work fine ( I think the patch is not installed
'>'> > succesfully on my kernel )
'>'> > I'm booting with my image of kernel 2.4.29..... i'm 5 days tryng
to solve
'>'> > this problem ...
'>'> > any kind of help is wellcome... sorry for my english.
'>'>
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