On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Cristian POP wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm kind of newbie in linux.
> I installed RH 6.0 in server mode, with kernel 2.2.5
> I want to upgrade the kernel to 2.2.9 (test only)
> After compiling the kernel and booting I get the following
> message and kernel doesn't boot :
>
I'm not supprised it paniced, I would. You've built ide support as a
module. You can't load modules until you've mounted something as / (set
to /dev/hda8 in this case), and you need a module to do that.
> ....
> Starting kswapd v1.5
Attempt to find our root filesystem on 0x03:0x08 (/dev/hda8).
No driver, so request_mod() for it.
> request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
request_mod sanity check failed (/ not mounted), complain we can't load
modules yet.
> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:08
still no driver for rootfs dev, can't usfully continue.
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:08
so panic and stop here (actually for(;;) {} loop).
> _________________
> and hangs!
>
[snip stuff, it's all fine]
Bryn
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