On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:05:58 +0100 Mario Vanoni wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:44:20 +0100 Mario Vanoni wrote: > > > >> 2.6.18.7 vanilla & 2.6.16.41 vanilla: > >> /dev/hda CD/DVD > >> /dev/hda1 / IDE HD 160GB > >> /dev/hda2 swap > >> /dev/sda1 /xyz SATA HD 320GB > >> /dev/sda2 swap > >> /dev/sdb1 /zzz SATA HD 320GB > >> /dev/sdb2 swap > >> /dev/sdc1 /usb USB KEY 512MB > > > For 2.6.19.*, does .config contain any CONFIG_ATA* entries? > > FYI, in 2.6.19, CONFIG_SCSI_SATA* config symbols were renamed to > > CONFIG_ATA*, so just using an oldconfig won't be sufficient > > for SATA support. > > You are 100% right, I was lazy, thanks for the gentle blame. > 2.6.19.5 vanilla works perfectly, 2.6.20.1 vanilla too! > > >> --- > >> 2.6.18.8 vanilla: !!! > >> screen eating leftmost characters, then > >> kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > >> unknown-block(3,65) > >> POWER SWITCH ultima ratio > >> ---
What is (3,65) supposed to be? devices.txt says that it's /dev/hdb1. I don't see that listed anywhere here... > Strange error, due to a partially corrupted MBR (?): > 2.6.19.5 with incorrect .config, lilo, SATA missing > reboot with old 2.6.18.7, OK > 2.6.18.8 with old .config from 2.6.18.6, > lilo objects not seeing /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc, > reboot and kernel panic, > reboot with 2.6.18.7, OK > 2.6.18.8 make mrproper and rm -r /lib/modules/2.6.18.8 > make bzImage etc., lilo: 2.6.18.8 works perfectly. --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/