> In that case, it looks like a kernel bug in 2.2.* series. What did > /var/log/kern.log say?? Can you send us the error msg when it is trying > to mount the harddisk?? use dmesg > error.log
There is no error message through dmesg > error.log because kernel panic occurs while trying to mount the root fs, before all other partitions are mounted, and is fixable only with a reboot. However, I wrote the message down, and it appears that the partition check that is ran by 2.2.10 kernel is wrong. Partition check: hda: hda1 hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 <> hdb4 hdc: hdc1 hdc2 <hdc5> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 16, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0,umask=022] [me=0x1b, cs=6649, #f=221 , fs=23683, fl=1714243, ds=379592282, de=37899, data=37959, se=38384, tf=-570602308, ls=56158, rc=0,fc=4294967295] Transaction block size = 512 [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 16, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0,umask=022] [me=0x1b, cs=6649, #f=221 , fs=23683, fl=1714243, ds=379592282, de=37899, data=37959, se=38384, tf=-570602308, ls=56158, rc=0,fc=4294967295] Transaction block size = 512 Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:42 Now , here is the partition check that is dmesg'ed while 2.0.36 is booting: Partition check: hda: hda1 hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 <hdb5> hdb4 hdc: hdc1 hdc2 <hdc5> Obviosly one of the partitions is not found. Any idea why? Andrew -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 <--"Computer languages of the world" My work in progress. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
