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VFS Kernel Panic in 2.4.0-10(11)

DISCUSSION Jeff V. Merkey 2 participants 3 messages Nov 18, 2000

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This is probably a configuration mismatch of some kind, but I just finished building my 2.4.0 RPM skeletons and am installting them from our latest CD burn, and I am seeing the following
problem when I upgrade our 2.2.17 kernel versions with 2.4.0-test10, then reboot them under 2.4:

request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted VFS cannot open root device "301" or 03:01 Please append a correct "root=" boot option

Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01.

The system was running Ute-Linux under 2.2.17 then was upgraded to 2.4.0-10 (with IPVS and pre-11 patches).
The disk is a 20GB device with

/dev/hda1 Linux (/,/boot) at
3,1
/dev/hda2 Extended (contains a swap partition /dev/hda5) at
3,2
/dev/hda3 Linux (/usr) at
3,3
/dev/hda4 Linux (/archive) at
3,4
/dev/hda5 Swap Swap at
3,5

Lilo is configured in linear mode. The device it's complaining about is present
(03:01) and lilo does append a root=/dev/hda1 statement.

Any ideas?

Jeff
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We dfound it. 2.2.X .configs are incompatible with 2.4.0 and the upgrade RPMs sucked them in. Since IDE is a unique CONFIG option, this will break.

Jeff

Quoted 32 lines · Jeff V. Merkey

This is probably a configuration mismatch of some kind, but I just finished building my 2.4.0 RPM skeletons and am installting them from our latest CD burn, and I am seeing the following
problem when I upgrade our 2.2.17 kernel versions with 2.4.0-test10, then reboot them under 2.4:

request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted VFS cannot open root device "301" or 03:01 Please append a correct "root=" boot option

Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01.

The system was running Ute-Linux under 2.2.17 then was upgraded to 2.4.0-10 (with IPVS and pre-11 patches).
The disk is a 20GB device with

/dev/hda1 Linux (/,/boot) at
3,1
/dev/hda2 Extended (contains a swap partition /dev/hda5) at
3,2
/dev/hda3 Linux (/usr) at
3,3
/dev/hda4 Linux (/archive) at
3,4
/dev/hda5 Swap Swap at
3,5

Lilo is configured in linear mode. The device it's complaining about is present
(03:01) and lilo does append a root=/dev/hda1 statement.

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Any ideas?

Jeff
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Quoted 11 lines · Jeff V. Merkey

This is probably a configuration mismatch of some kind, but I just finished building my 2.4.0 RPM skeletons and am installting them from our latest CD burn, and I am seeing the following
problem when I upgrade our 2.2.17 kernel versions with 2.4.0-test10, then reboot them under 2.4:

request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted VFS cannot open root device "301" or 03:01 Please append a correct "root=" boot option

Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01.

IDE built as module. Root on IDE disk. Apparently, no initrd in sight. Check your .config and either don't make IDE a module or enable initrd and make sure to put the modules into initrd image.

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