From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp014.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.58]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16ldE7-0002HW-00 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:57:36 -0500 Received: from igueths (AUTH login) at h0020780ec921.ne.client2.attbi.com (HELO OEMCOMPUTER) (igueths@24.62.33.0) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Mar 2002 21:57:31 -0000 Message-ID: <000901c1cba2$1c742a00$01213e18@OEMCOMPUTER> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: Subject: Re: root filesystem Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:49:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Janina. Actually, I'm running Debian potato. Actually, the exact = error is: Kernel panic: vfs: Unable to mount root filesystem on 0302. = I'm not sure quite what 0302 refers to, I might just try playing with = system.map some more trying different combinations. I used fdisk to = partition the disk to ext2, and it boots fine with the old kernel. I = just want to make sure there's nothing that I'm missing. And if you = want, just let me know if you want me to post system.map to the list. = Thanks again! ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Janina Sajka To: Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: Re: root filesystem > Hi, Igor: >=20 > Are you using Red Hat? If you first configured and partitioned your = system=20 > with a recent Red Hat you are probably using ext3 file system. This is = > good, but I don't know if it's supported in 2.4.17 by default. >=20 > Someone here will tell us, I'm sure. >=20 > I offer this up, because I've run into this a few times.=20 >=20 > PS: You can always move down to ext2fs using tune2fs -- read the man = page=20 > for tune2fs to learn its commands -- but that would be too bad, = because=20 > ext3 seems pretty helpful. If this is the issue, there's probably a = patch=20 > for 2.4.17, though that will mean recompiling. > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Igor=20 > Gueths wrote: >=20 > > Hi listers. I built a 2.4.17 kernel because this is what I happen to = have, and rebooted the machine. It came up talking and it probed = hardware successfully. However, it can't mount the root filesystem and = it terminates with a kernel panic: fs: Unable to mount root filesystem. = I checked system.map to make sure it said root=3D/dev/hda2 because this = is my root partition, and it is also in lilo.conf as root=3D/dev/hda2. = Here's basiclly what it looks like: > > image=3D/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17 > > label=3DKernel1 > > read-only > > root=3D/dev/hda2 > > alias=3D1 > >=20 > > It also says root=3D/dev/hda2 closer to the top of the lilo.conf. = What could I be missing? I alias back to the kernel with 2, and it boots = fine. Any help would be great! Thanks in advance. > >=20 > > Igor > >=20 > >=20 > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >=20 > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) >=20 > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 >=20 > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com