On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 13:11 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 06:38:13PM +0200, Vasil Benov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have experienced the same problem. If you have a SATA harddrive > > you should specify root=/dev/sda1(or whatever device number and partition > > you boot from) > > > > On kenrel update the installer overwrites the values for (root=....) nad > > puts there /dev/hd... > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Regards, Vasil > > > > On 3/18/07, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >I upgraded my system today (etch) and when I rebooted this new kernel > > >complained about running out of compressed data and that I needed to > > >specify a correct root= parameter. Booting with kernel 2.6.17-4-k7 still > > >works fine and it uses the same root= parameter. My hard drive is SATA. > > > > > >Is this a known problem with this kernel? > > The root= parameter is and always has been /dev/sda3 however I have now > discovered what the problem was. > > /boot was full! (too many previous kernels still lying around). > Evidently apt-get only wrote *part* of the initrd file because the file > system filled up but I saw no complaint. > > I removed the two oldest kernels (System.map, config, initrd, and > vmlinuz) then reinstalled linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7. > > All is well now.
dpkg -l | grep linux-image I'll bet your previous kernels are still listed. Which means you setup is broke. If you would have removed them with apt-get, aptitude or synaptic and then re-installed the the latest kernel... you would have been fine. Also, you probably did get a warning about the initrd being problematic, just that you probably just accepted it. I know it happens, I do it to often, accepting without reading the error. Sometimes I get to drive 4 hours round trip just to fix my fsck up. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
