I gave up trying to upgrade it I did a full expert26 reinstall, and it seems to be ok now.
Dave On Tuesday 18 Oct 2005 10:22, Dave Whiteley wrote: > Hello, > > I am having problems installing kernel 2.6 on my Dell Optiplex GX280. I > have seen a lot of traffic on the web and the forums about this, but have > not found a full fix. > > I am starting with a working 2.4 installation. This required me to switch > the SATA mode in the bios from compatability to normal. > > I have tried to install the 2.6 kernel image package, but it fails to > boot. It fails on a cannot access /dev/console kernel panic. I understand > that this is due to the disks not being accessible. I have seen reference > to changing the kernel arguments from "root=/dev/hda2" to "root=/dev/sda2" > . I have tried this with no success. > > I have then tried to do an install from the netinstall 31r0a ISO. Doing > either a "linux26" or an "expert26" it fails to find the CD drive after the > initial boot and language selections. > > It is rather important that I am not left with an unbootable system - I > need to keep my working 2.4 system viable until I have a working > alternative. > > I am sure that there must be documentation on this problem somewhere. > Please can someone point me at it. > > Ta > > Dave > > > > -- > > Dave Whiteley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone +44 (0)113 343 2059 > School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering > The University of Leeds. Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK -- Dave Whiteley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +44 (0)113 343 2059 School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering The University of Leeds. Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]