Re: kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 won't boot [SOLVED]

2007-03-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 09:04:11PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 13:11 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > > /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

Re: kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 won't boot [SOLVED]

2007-03-18 Thread Greg Folkert
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) >

Re: kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 won't boot [SOLVED]

2007-03-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
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=

Re: kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 won't boot

2007-03-18 Thread Vasil Benov
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/

kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 won't boot

2007-03-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
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 know