Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-28 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/28/07, Richard Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't get why your building you own intird?, if your using the kernel > provided it already has it's own initrd and if your building the kernel > yourself why are you using initrd at all? Good question. I am building my own kernel (usin

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-28 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/27/07, Francois Duranleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/24/07, Bert Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I took a look at your config and menu.lst > > So whats missing seems to be an initrd image which holds all the > > modules your kernel needs. Your config uses some of em. Y

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-27 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/27/07, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing that kinda stands out to me in the 2.6 config are: > CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=m > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=m > > I'd change those to be compiled in rather than modules. Yes. There were set as modules for some experiments regarding CRC errors (s

Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-27 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/24/07, Bert Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I took a look at your config and menu.lst > So whats missing seems to be an initrd image which holds all the > modules your kernel needs. Your config uses some of em. You should > build the initrd > mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.1

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-27 Thread Jeff D
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Francois Duranleau wrote: On 8/25/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Francois Just looked at the config file you listed for the 2.1.18 kernel. It looks different then mine in the Block Device section. # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-27 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/25/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francois > > Just looked at the config file you listed for the 2.1.18 kernel. > It looks different then mine in the Block Device section. > > # Block devices > # > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set > # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set >

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-25 Thread Wayne Topa
Francois Duranleau([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 8/24/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Francois Duranleau([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > [snip] > > > It's an old system: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz with 1.25GB RAM and > > > an 80GB Western Digital

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-25 Thread Wayne Topa
Francois Duranleau([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 8/24/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Francois Duranleau([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > [snip] > > > It's an old system: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz with 1.25GB RAM and > > > an 80GB Western Digital

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-25 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/24/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francois Duranleau([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: [snip] > > It's an old system: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz with 1.25GB RAM and > > an 80GB Western Digital drive, for sur not SATA, I bought this > > computer in december 2000. The

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Francois Duranleau([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 8/24/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:49:52PM -0400, Francois Duranleau wrote: > > > <> > > Is the disk really a PATA or is it SATA? 2.4 kernels will see them as > > /dev/hd* wher

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-24 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/24/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:49:52PM -0400, Francois Duranleau wrote: > > > > Trying to upgrade to kernel 2.6 (actually, 2.6.18) from 2.4.27, when I > > boot my system with 2.6, I get the following error: > >

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-24 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:49:52PM -0400, Francois Duranleau wrote: > > Trying to upgrade to kernel 2.6 (actually, 2.6.18) from 2.4.27, when I > boot my system with 2.6, I get the following error: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0) > P

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-24 Thread Bert Schulze
On 24 Aug., 04:00, "Francois Duranleau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Trying to upgrade to kernel 2.6 (actually, 2.6.18) from 2.4.27, when I > boot my system with 2.6, I get the following error: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknow

Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-23 Thread Francois Duranleau
Hi! Trying to upgrade to kernel 2.6 (actually, 2.6.18) from 2.4.27, when I boot my system with 2.6, I get the following error: VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to moun

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-25 Thread Marty
Marty wrote: Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: Although the Gateway 500 does have an internal modem that Windows 98SE can use, Linux appears to be able to use only the Hayes external modem. Then can you try a PCI modem instead? This is a critical troubleshooting step. Possibly off-topic, but doe

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-25 Thread Marty
Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: Although the Gateway 500 does have an internal modem that Windows 98SE can use, Linux appears to be able to use only the Hayes external modem. Then can you try a PCI modem instead? This is a critical troubleshooting step. Possibly off-topic, but does a custom kern

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-25 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
Gayle's current wvdial problem: After I fixed the lilo.conf with the initrd=/initrd.img, I got the 2.6.8 kernel to run but ran into what appeared to be Bug #276020 filed against that kernel so I went to unstable and got the 2.6.11 kernel. It seems to manifest the same bug with wvdial.

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-25 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)] From: Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:06:29 -0400 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: line 'initrd=/initrd.img

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-25 Thread Marty
Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: line 'initrd=/initrd.img' after the read-only line in the Linux label stanza. Now the 2.6 kernel (you guessed or read correctly) boots. It appears to be a little fussier than the bf2.4 kernel which still works fine. I kept it under the LinuxOld label where the pack

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-25 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > > > > > > > Original Message > > Subject: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)

Re: [Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-24 Thread Debian User Leonard Chatagnier
Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: Original Message Subject: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:26:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Gayle Lee Fairless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

[Fwd: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)]

2005-06-24 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
Original Message Subject: Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:26:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Gayle Lee Fairless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Edward Dunagin <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)

2005-06-23 Thread Debian User Leonard Chatagnier
following panic: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 or unknown-block(33,65) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(33,65) The computer is a Gateway 500 with a Pentium III at 500 MHZ. I looked through the man pages for

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 ... Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unk-blk(33,65)

2005-06-23 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
s me the following panic: > > > > VFS: Cannot open root device 2141 or unknown-block(33,65) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > > > Kernelpanic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(33,65) > > > >The computer is a Gateway

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2005-01-05 Thread Eric N. Valor
Interesting that I think I might have found the real source of my build problem. I was able to retain a config file from a working 2.6.8 kernel build, and used it as the basis of my further builds by loading that config file while in "make config" mode. I then recompiled a new kernel, adding onl

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2005-01-03 Thread Eric N. Valor
Ok. This is now starting to seriously irritate me. I can no longer build kernels anymore. Even blowing away the source tree directory and re-expanding the tarball gets me nowhere. Thankfully I retained a "safe" kernel which boots (but doesn't give me the functionality I'm after, namely Macinto

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2005-01-01 Thread Eric N. Valor
Andrea, Alvin, and Reiner (and the rest of Debian-User): Thank you for your assistance. It turns out that there was something scrod in my source tree. After multiple attempts (including a "make mrproper") I finally blew away the source directory and re-extracted from the tarball. My builds hav

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-30 Thread Eric N. Valor
work and the other one doesn't > ( in old scsi hardware > > make sure you're booting the kernel you compiled .. > > > Beyond this problem with HFS, > > your boot problems is NOT related to hfs ... > > > > > I recently recompiled m

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-30 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:01:15 -0800, Eric N. Valor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know because I'm not using the Debian image (I like to compile > my own kernels, and have only started running into these problems using > 2.6.x kernels). Does the Debian 2.6.8 binary image contain support fo

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-30 Thread Alvin Oga
27;re booting the kernel you compiled .. > Beyond this problem with HFS, your boot problems is NOT related to hfs ... > > > I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my > > > system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-30 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 29.12.2004, 12:45 -0800 schrieb Eric N. Valor: > The only change I > made was to enable HFS filesystem (so I can play with my new iPod). This is no solution for your problem, but maybe a useful workaround: I work for a company that uses Macs, and we all got an iPod for chris

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-30 Thread Eric N. Valor
or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my > > system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or > > unknown-block(8,1)". > > &

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:45:27 -0800, Eric N. Valor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. > > I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my > system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or > unknown-block(8,1)".

cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-29 Thread Eric N. Valor
Hello. I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or unknown-block(8,1)". I am using a Symbios SCSI card without any IDE devices (save the CDROM) in my system. My lilo.conf properly

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-14 Thread lebbatdot
I am having somewhat the same problem mentioned in this trail. The bin 2.6.3 deb works fine (etcept for alsa which is what started the whole thing) When I recompile I cannot get the root file system to come up. I copied over the /boot/config file, ran make config, checked that ext3 is compiles in,

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-12 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:31:32AM +0200, Markus LindstrÃm wrote: | Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | > | >Don't forget to include "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" | >(CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION) in the kernel's configuration. If you leave | >it out, then the kernel can't read the partition tab

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-11 Thread Markus Lindström
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: Don't forget to include "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" (CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION) in the kernel's configuration. If you leave it out, then the kernel can't read the partition table and thus can't find the filesystem. GREAT! That was the missing link! It boots

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-10 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
blem comes at boot time, where I can the following message: | | | VFS: Cannot open root device "341" or hdb1 | Please append a correct "root=" boot option | Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hdb1 Don't forget to include "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) su

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-10 Thread Aurel
Ok, it really depends on your config. Do you have a USB mouse or keyboard, what's you sound card, network card...? When you run make {x,g,menu}config there is a short description for each option. The better way is to look at the kernel how-to (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/). I hope my

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-10 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Markus Lindström (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > In fact I've been trying to compile 2.6.4 and > 2.6.4-ck2. The compilation itself doesn't encounter any problems, so > that's clear. > > The problem comes at boot time, where I can the following message:

Re: VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-10 Thread Aurel
Yes, module-init-tools isn't in stable packages, try to download (you'll find a .deb here: http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/stable/module-init-tools/binary-i386/) and install it, you should use modules. Retry making a make-kpkg clean before compiling and choose the default answers and th

VFS: Cannot open root device

2004-04-10 Thread Markus Lindström
6 kernel (which I've heard many good things about). In fact I've been trying to compile 2.6.4 and 2.6.4-ck2. The compilation itself doesn't encounter any problems, so that's clear. The problem comes at boot time, where I can the following message: VFS: Cannot open root devi

Re: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject!

2004-01-24 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello JAMES MERRITT (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I tried typing linux root=/dev/hdb1 at the lilo prompt and it says > something about that not being one of the choices. Try "Linux root=/dev/hdb1" (note the capital letter). > The lilo menu I see is: > Linux WinNT (hda1) > WinNT or DOS (hdb6) <

Re: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject!

2004-01-24 Thread JAMES MERRITT
: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:18:14 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject! > JAMES MERRITT wrote: > > > >I am having a little problem with my Debian Woody. The other day when I tried to > >boot into Woody, > >it started

Re: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject!

2004-01-24 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello JAMES MERRITT (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Also to Andreas, I am sorry I responded to your response and my email > package uses the poster, not the newsgroup, as it's TO: address. I > try never to respond directly unless the poster requests it. Also, by > responding back to the newsgrou

Re: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject!

2004-01-23 Thread Kent West
message: VFS: Cannot open root device "346" or 03:47. Please append a correct "root=" boot option. Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:46. As far as I know my disk configuration has not changed and I have not added any new hard drives. I remember doing somethi

Re: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject!

2004-01-23 Thread JAMES MERRITT
PROTECTED] Subject: Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject! > JAMES MERRITT wrote: > > >Hi everyone, > > > >I am having a little problem with my Debian Woody. The other day when I tried to > >boot into Woody, > >it started the normal text boot

Cannot Open Root Device - Was: Unidentified subject!

2004-01-23 Thread Kent West
gave this message: VFS: Cannot open root device "346" or 03:47. Please append a correct "root=" boot option. Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:46. What does all of this mean, what is going on and what can I do to correct this? I am lost at this point. Let

Cannot open root device 00:00

2003-07-27 Thread Sandrine & Thierry AUGER
ald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html Partition check: hda: [PTBL] [823/32/63] hda1 hda2 apm: BIOS version 1.1 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13) apm : disabled on user request VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 I

Re: Cannot open root device

2000-06-22 Thread Ruediger Schablowsky
Petteri Heinonen wrote: > I've compiled kernel (2.2.15), succesfully. But when I try to boot with it, > I get message during boot: > > VFS: cannot open root device 03:02 > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 Do run 'lilo' after installing the new kernel? Rüdiger

Cannot open root device

2000-06-22 Thread Petteri Heinonen
I've compiled kernel (2.2.15), succesfully. But when I try to boot with it, I get message during boot: VFS: cannot open root device 03:02 Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 With old (but big and clumsy) kernel I've no problems. My lilo.conf is like that: lba32 boot=/de