Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.4 series IDE troubles | From | "Miguel A. Bolanos" <> | Date | 21 Feb 2003 10:15:31 -0600 |
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Greetings John, Please read /usr/src/linux-2.4/REPORTING-BUGS
Providing the info requested there, you will help the developers find a solutions to this sooner.
Thanks
Mike
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 07:01, j wrote: > Hello, > > IM not sure this is the way to go about this (obviously) but doing > searchs at google for the error message I get just leads to the painful realization that there are many questions out there but > few answers. Anyhoo when I try adding a compact flash card as an > IDE drive to a system running under 2.4 I get kernel panics: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "307" or 03:07 > Please append a corect "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root > > Just on a lark I decided to go back to a 2.2 series kernel (since > I had gotten flash recognized b4 when using a Mandrake distro) > Eureka! working flash drive that is seen and formatable with no > troubles. PLEASE have the developers take a closer look at the IDE > drivers for 2.4 as it seems they cause a great deal of grief, at > least from what I see in searchs on these errors. Usually the problem > is blamed on the user and they are asked hundreds of irritating questions about hardware and configuration. > > Regards, > > John Sims > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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