Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:04:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | Bradley Chapman <> | Subject | Re: Kernel panic:Unable to mount root fs (2.6.0-test5) |
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Mr. Viro,
--- viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 12:48:32PM -0400, Jean-Marc Spaggiari wrote: > > > Here is what I can see on the screen : > > > > floppy0: no floppy controllers found > > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize > > loop: loaded (max 8 devices) > > 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26 > > eth0: Realtek RTL8139 at 0xe3809f00, 00:08:0d:89:3c:38, IRQ 5 > > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > > Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1 > > Firware: 5.9 > > Sensor: 15 > > ne absolute packet format > > Touchpad has extended capability bits > > -> multifinger detection > > -> palm detection > > input: Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1 > > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > > input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60, 0x64 irq 1 > > NET: Registred protocol family 2 > > IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes > > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768) > > NET: Registerd protocol family 1 > > VFS: Cannont open root device "302" or unknown-block(3,2) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panics: VFS: Unable to mount root fr onunknown-block(3,2) > > Which has one interesting thing and doesn't have another. > 1) kernel has no idea WTF major 3/minor 2 means. > 2) kernel hadn't even tried to look around for IDE disks > > The most likely cause: IDE support is not turned on. Check your .config - > the interesting parts are CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK.
I never thought of that. But if he had used make oldconfig, make xconfig or copied a 2.4 .config into the source tree, how would CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK end up N?
Brad
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