William, I just wanted to say thanks. You were the only one who responded to my post.
I checked my kernel config and you were absolutely right. I didn't have the scsi block device enabled. When I added it, everything worked fine. It was difficult to find good documentation to help me troubleshoot my problem. Paul -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Harrington Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:01 PM To: LFS Support List Subject: Re: 2.6.14 kernel panic - Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown- block On Feb 9, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Paul wrote: > My 2.6.14 kernel won't boot. I have tried to document it as best I can > below. Any help or recommendation would be greatly appreciated > It boots > Errror Message: > > Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0) > can't mount rootfs cause no block devices were detected cause block device driver isn't in the kernel or your drives died. > Notes: > > all drivers directly into the kernel (no modules) - not using an > initrd > image > using the Adaptec AACRAID support - SCSI_AACRAID=y > using the Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SPI - FUSION_SPI=y missing one: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD. The kernel can't talk to scsi block devices. Try enabling the scsi block device driver in the kernel and trying again. If the kernel doesn't find block devices attached to your scsi drivers that means the drives are dead or you didn't load the block device driver. Sincerely, William -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
