I think you forgot to use the "lilo" command to update activate your changes...... - David
> you are right, my apologies > > the computer is a novatech laptop P4 processor, woody installed with > kernel 2.2.20 (trying to update to 2.4.18-686), > > I have a SiS7012 sound card, SiS900 ethernet card, etc; the important > thing (in my view) is that I've got a winmodem from (also) SiS. I > downloaded the driver to make it work but in the readme file I learnt > that I needed a kernel 2.4.x. > I downloaded the image using apt-get, and I edited lilo (I ENCLOSE > /etc/lilo.conf as attachment) > > When executing lilo ( already wrote the output of this....) > . > > Then reboot, the MBR appears i choose the new kernel and when it seems > is starting to boot it gives me this error: > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "305" or 03:05 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:05 > > The root device is correct, is /dev/hda5 which, actually, is my root > partition > > I also tried to configure /etc/lilo.conf in different ways (according > to the things I read about) but it got worse (and the end I had to use > a rescue cd to boot into the old kernel) and I did not know where to go > know > > any help is welcome > > rodrigo > > > > > On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 19:06, nate wrote: >> ylbaggar said: >> >> > what did i forget? >> >> >> Is this a game? what can I win? I can't guess what you forgot because >> you didn't include enough information about your hardware and software >> configurations, and where the kernel paniced and what message it gave >> you when it did panic. >> >> the list cannot read minds ... >> >> nate >> >> >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
