Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem (*help*, *help*)

2001-01-18 Thread Martin Albert
Sven - who is desparate to run 2.4.0 # # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) # CONFIG_MD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=y CONFIG_LVM_PROC_FS=y try to leave

RE: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-12 Thread Joris Lambrecht
This guy is in deep trouble guys, try helping him out ... Apperently i couldn't help him -Original Message- From: Patrick Cheong Shu Yang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:12 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem On Thu

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-12 Thread Francisco M. Neto
ยป Joris Lambrecht said this and I say that: This guy is in deep trouble guys, try helping him out ... Apperently i couldn't help him Count me in this trouble too. My guess is that it's something about modules - I compiled two 2.4 test12 kernels - one of them had _almost_ everything

Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Sven Burgener
Hello After having built and installed my custom linux-2.4.0-deb, I get the following when booting: [boot msgs] VFS: Cannot open root device 803 or 08:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03 After which booting halts. $ rdev

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Sven Burgener
Just to clarify: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:35:08PM +0100, Sven Burgener wrote: $ rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 Root device /dev/sda3 (Booting with 2.2.18 works) $ rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 Root device /dev/sda3 ... but not with 2.4.0. Thanks in advance! Sven

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Gary Hennigan
Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just to clarify: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:35:08PM +0100, Sven Burgener wrote: $ rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 Root device /dev/sda3 (Booting with 2.2.18 works) $ rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 Root device /dev/sda3 ... but not with 2.4.0.

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:35:08PM +0100, Sven Burgener wrote: VFS: Cannot open root device 803 or 08:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03 Did you remember to say 'yes' *not* 'module' for ext2 support in the kernel (under General

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Sven Burgener
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:07:00PM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just to clarify: $ rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 Root device /dev/sda3 (Booting with 2.2.18 works) $ rdev /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 Root device /dev/sda3 ... but not with 2.4.0.

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Sven Burgener
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 02:13:25PM -0500, Bob Billson wrote: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:35:08PM +0100, Sven Burgener wrote: VFS: Cannot open root device 803 or 08:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03 Did you remember to say

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Gary Hennigan
Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 02:13:25PM -0500, Bob Billson wrote: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:35:08PM +0100, Sven Burgener wrote: VFS: Cannot open root device 803 or 08:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Pollywog
I simply used the configurations for my 2.2.18 kernel and then did a make oldconfig. So, yes, I did select ext2 support built-in, as I did in 2.2.18. I wonder why this is even an option; is there a reason anyone would install Linux without ext2 support? I have always wondered why the

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:36:54PM +, Pollywog wrote: I wonder why this is even an option; is there a reason anyone would install Linux without ext2 support? I have always wondered why the option was given. In a word: choice. Before ext2 there was the original ext. Or was it called

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED], # I wonder why this is even an option; is there a reason anyone would # install Linux without ext2 support? # I have always wondered why the option was given. A number of reasons; Embedded applications: typical embedded applications are *extremely*

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem (*help*, *help*)

2001-01-11 Thread Sven Burgener
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 01:19:41PM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: Well, it's a pain but I'd go through the config the old-fashioned way, eg.: make clean make-kpkg clean make distclean make (xconfig|config|menuconfig) make-kpkg whatever Something

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Brian May
Pollywog == Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I simply used the configurations for my 2.2.18 kernel and then did a make oldconfig. So, yes, I did select ext2 support built-in, as I did in 2.2.18. Pollywog I wonder why this is even an option; is there a reason

Re: Linux 2.4.0 root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Patrick Cheong Shu Yang
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:42:02PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: To quote Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED], # I wonder why this is even an option; is there a reason anyone would # install Linux without ext2 support? # I have always wondered why the option was given. ReiserFS/ext3: Some people run