On Wed, 2001-09-19 at 11:39, John Purser wrote: > Hello, > > I ran: > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.9-686 > > At this point I got a warning to add this line to my /etc/lilo.conf > initrd=/boot/initrd > > I did and ran: > > lilo > apt-get install kernel-image2.4.9-686 > > And rebooted. > > Now it hangs during boot with this message: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or 03:02 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 > > This a test machine so I don't mind blowing it away and re-installing woody > again if I have to but is there another way? And what are the steps > necessary to upgrading to 2.4 on woody? I've seen the .deb for upgrading > potato to 2.4, should I have used that?
What does lilo.conf look like? ls -al of / and ls -al of /boot would probably be helpfull in debugging. --mike
