Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc4/2.6.11-rc4-mm1/ > > > > > > - Various fixes and updates all over the place. Things seem to have slowed > > down a bit. > > > > I am having trouble getting recent -mm kernels to boot on my test box. > For 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and 2.6.11-rc4-mm1 I get the following: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(3,1) > > 2.6.11-rc2-mm1 boots fine, and so do plain -rc3 and -rc4. > > I copied a working .config from an earlier kernel(-rc3), and ran make > oldconfig, > answering most of the new questions 'n'. > > I did try appending root=0301 (which worked last year after similar symptoms, > but that didn't help this time). > > The root fs is ext3, which is compiled in. > ... > CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=1
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