From: Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [BUG] GRUB 0.5.94 & Linux initrd
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 00:14:21 -0600
> Actually, it works with kernel 2.2.14 and presumably older kernels,
> but it stops working with kernels somewhere around the 2.3.x series.
> On 2.3.99pre3, the kernel segfaults on boot. Kernels in the 2.3.40
> range panic, complaining that they have no root filesystem to mount.
> The common thread is that the kernel never notices that an initial
> ramdisk is present to work on.
Please describe how you boot the Linux kernels, what the Linux
configuration is, what your hardware configuration is and what
messages they printed out on the screen. Don't paraphrase them. Unless
exact strings are shown, I can't even search them in the Linux kernel
source tree.
> I've copied Mike Galbraith on this note because he is the last person
> who has touched the Linux ramdisk code. Hopefully you can work together
> to find a solution. I'd love to help but I don't know enough Linux
> internals to be anything but a nuisance.
No problem. Only a detailed report is needed.
Regards,
Okuji
