Re: [blfs-support] kernel panic when booting with connected external disk

2013-03-14 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Michael Shell wrote: > On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:34:59 -0400 > Michael Shell wrote: > > >> 1. Changing the BIOS configuration to alter the numbering of >> an external USB drive so as not to disturb the SATA drive >> numbers. > > > Or more correctly, "so as not to disturb the SATA boot dev

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0, 0)

2012-12-26 Thread William Harrington
On Dec 26, 2012, at 2:09 AM, JIA Pei wrote: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html#unable-to-mount-root 0,0 means no block devices were detected which means: 1) No hard drive controller enabled in the

[lfs-support] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0, 0)

2012-12-26 Thread JIA Pei
Hi, all: Sorry that I started another new topic. BTW, thanks Bruce, thank you for your answer to my former question, which makes me much clearer already. However, I still keeps receiving the following error message. *Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-21 Thread Simon Geard
On Sat, 2012-12-22 at 00:31 +, Richard Melville wrote: > It seems a little churlish to pick holes in what is essentially a good > article, and, indeed, one that supplied the answer to a question on > this list. True. Well, suffice it to say that the /dev/disks symlink tree *does* support GPT

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-21 Thread Richard Melville
> On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 14:53 +, Richard Melville wrote: > > > I think that was understood; when they said that it was "stupid" it > > was surely meant that there could be some confusion in the use of > > similar terms. > > Possibly, though if they'd understood it, you'd think they'd have

Re: [lfs-support] Re Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-20 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 14:53 +, Richard Melville wrote: > I think that was understood; when they said that it was "stupid" it > was surely meant that there could be some confusion in the use of > similar terms. Possibly, though if they'd understood it, you'd think they'd have mentioned the by

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-19 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 11:19 +, Richard Melville wrote > > Would't using GPT instead of MBR be a viable alternative? Nope. GPT assigns UUIDs to the partitions, but that's all - the kernel still deals only with traditional device names (sda1, sda2, etc). The initramfs is still needed t

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-18 Thread spiky
what I believe to be a trace call. Interestingly, one time when I booted the trace call was short enough for me to write down the error which I can't normally see due to the length of the trace prints. Here is the error: Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown bloc

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Richard Melville wrote: >> >>> Now it would be nice for it to work using UUIDs so the booting can >>> be independent of host system. >> >> You need to use an initrd of that. See BLFS. > Would't using GPT instead of MBR be a viable alternative? No. Mounting the root partition is a kernel issue a

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-18 Thread Richard Melville
> > > Now it would be nice for it to work using UUIDs so the booting can > > be independent of host system. > > You need to use an initrd of that. See BLFS. > >-- Bruce > > Would't using GPT instead of MBR be a viable alternative? Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-s

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alexander Spitzer wrote: > I got it to work! Turns out that the root file system changes to /dev/sdc1 > after all the harddisks are found so changing the line root=/dev/sda1 to > root=/dev/sdc1 and adding a rootdelay successfully booted the system! > > Now it would be nice for it to work using UUID

Re: [lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-17 Thread Alexander Spitzer
booted the trace call was short enough for me to write down the > error which I can't normally see due to the length of the trace prints. > Here is the error: > > Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown > block(0,0) > > What exactly does "unk

[lfs-support] Booting LFS Error Kernel Panic

2012-12-17 Thread Alexander Spitzer
, one time when I booted the trace call was short enough for me to write down the error which I can't normally see due to the length of the trace prints. Here is the error: Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) What exactly does "unknown block(0,0)&q

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-27 Thread spiky
On 25/10/12 23:25, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > spiky wrote: >> On 25/10/12 22:50, Ken Moffat wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:03:46PM +0100, spiky wrote: Hi Ok I,m having real trouble booting my lfs system. Long storey with lfs 7.2 won >> I rebuilt the kernel after moving to new laptop

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
spiky wrote: > On 25/10/12 22:50, Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:03:46PM +0100, spiky wrote: >>> Hi >>> Ok I,m having real trouble booting my lfs system. Long storey with lfs >>> 7.2 won > I rebuilt the kernel after moving to new laptop. Root is on sda3 ext4 > only 1 harddrive, >

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread spiky
e before. on to this laptop replacing 7.2. >> I adjusted fstab file as needed for new partitions. >> I have tried booting from grub prompt (host grub) >> set root=(hd0,3) >> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 >> boot >> >> I get a kernel panic >>

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread Ken Moffat
sted fstab file as needed for new partitions. > I have tried booting from grub prompt (host grub) > set root=(hd0,3) > linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 > boot > > I get a kernel panic > "VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy > VFS cannot open root de

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
> I have tried booting from grub prompt (host grub) > set root=(hd0,3) > linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 > boot > > I get a kernel panic >"VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy > VFS cannot open root device "(null)" or unknown-block(2,0)

[lfs-support] Kernel panic lfs-7.2

2012-10-25 Thread spiky
prompt (host grub) set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3-rc1-lfs-7.0 boot I get a kernel panic "VFS unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS cannot open root device "(null)" or unknown-block(2,0) please append a correct "root=" boot option here are availble part

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Danny Vukobratovich wrote: >> I had problems with this in 7.0 also. I ended up having to start over >> changing the hard drive type to IDE. It is now working for me. > > That's a little extreme. The only thing that needed to be fixed is the > kernel and perhaps fstab or grub.cfg. Those are the

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dubbs" To: "LFS Support List" Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:38:30 PM Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on Danny Vukobratovich wrote: > On Nov 16, 2011, at 6:35, Subrata Paul >

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
essfully >> compiled and installed. However, after the first boot it gives the >> following error: >> >> Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Cannot open root device >> “sda3” or unknown-block(8,2) >> >> Please append a correct "root=" boot

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
- Original Message - From: "Danny Vukobratovich" To: "LFS Support List" Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:49:37 AM Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on On Nov 16, 2011, at 6:35, Subrata Paul < subrata.m...@gmai

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
nd installed. However, > after the first boot it gives the following error: > > > > Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Cannot open root device “sda3” or > unknown-block(8,2) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available > > p

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on

2011-11-16 Thread Subrata Paul
Hi, I am trying to build an LFS system as a guest on VMware workstation (version – 7.1.4). I am following the 6.8 version of the LFS book. All the packages mentioned in this book are successfully compiled and installed. However, after the first boot it gives the following error: Kernel panic

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2011-11-11 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
From: "Michael" To: "LFS Support List" Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:26:55 PM Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) Am Freitag 11 November 2011 20:11:05 schrieb Danny Vukobratovich: > I saw this thread tha

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2011-11-11 Thread Michael
Am Freitag 11 November 2011 20:11:05 schrieb Danny Vukobratovich: > I saw this thread that I thought was related but is addressing the issue in > LFS 6.6 > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2010-April/038457.htm > l > > I'm setting up LFS 7.0. I am doing this in a VMworkstat

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2011-11-11 Thread Danny Vukobratovich
I saw this thread that I thought was related but is addressing the issue in LFS 6.6 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2010-April/038457.html I'm setting up LFS 7.0. I am doing this in a VMworkstation 8 environment with the GRML Live CD as my host. The default setup for the

Re: Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-11 Thread Frederick Muriithi
Thank you for your assistance. I did 'lsmod -v' and found a number of the drivers, compiled them and boot into my first ever LFS system. Thank you again. -- Frederick M. Muriithi -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubsc

Re: Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-01 Thread Andrew Benton
n; here are the > available partitions: > [ 3.585482] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs > on unknown-block(0,0) > [ 3.585754] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37 #1 > [ 3.585911] Call Trace: > [ 3.586084] [] ? printk+0xf/0x11 > [ 3.586243] [] pa

Re: Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-01 Thread Eric Plummer
> [ 3.585205] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the > available partitions: > [ 3.585482] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs > on unknown-block(0,0) Sounds like you do not have the proper kernel drivers for your hardware. >

Kernel Panic (LFS 6.8)

2011-08-01 Thread Frederick Muriithi
uot;root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: [ 3.585482] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) [ 3.585754] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37 #1 [ 3.585911] Call Trace: [ 3.586084] [] ? printk+0xf/0x11 [ 3.58

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Tony Hartzell wrote: > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(2,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available > partitions: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(2,0) Usually a res

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-18 Thread Andrew Benton
ped that when someone saw 'here are the available partitions' was blank, > (from just before the kernel panic) that they'd "Oh, silly boy, you forgot > to..." Have you read bruces kernel hint? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/kernel-configuration.

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
ing. > I hoped that when someone saw 'here are the available partitions' was blank, > (from just before the kernel panic) that they'd "Oh, silly boy, you forgot > to..." Well it does look like you have both a SATA and PATA controller, so hda may be appropriate. Th

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Tony Hartzell
e kernel config as per udev's README, and I considered that PATA drives might be going extinct, but I didn't see any obvious config parameters that would prevent them from working. I hoped that when someone saw 'here are the available partitions' was blank, (from just before the k

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Tony Hartzell wrote: > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(2,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available > partitions: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(2,0) > > I

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2, 0)

2011-07-17 Thread Tony Hartzell
VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(2,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) I think my problem is that /dev isn't being populated.

Re: kernel panic

2011-06-27 Thread Bruce Dubbs
> VFS: unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. > VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb5" or unknown block(2,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available > partitions: > Ob00 1048575 sr0 driver: sr > Kernel panic - not syncing

kernel panic

2011-06-27 Thread robert
. VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb5" or unknown block(2,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: Ob00 1048575 sr0 driver: sr Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(2,0) >>>> /dev/sdb5 is pr

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-03 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM, bsquared wrote: > bsquared wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. >> >> I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk >> partition using 'dd&

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-03 Thread bsquared
bsquared wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. > > I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk > partition using 'dd'. I modified the grub.cfg file and rebooted. > Then got a kernel panic.

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-01 Thread Mike McCarty
bsquared wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. > > I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk > partition using 'dd'. I modified the grub.cfg file and rebooted. > Then got a kernel pani

Re: Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-01 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:15 PM, bsquared wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. > > I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk > partition using 'dd'.  I modified the grub.cfg file and reboote

Kernel Panic Help

2011-06-01 Thread bsquared
Hello, Can anyone recommend some resources for troubleshooting a kernel panic. I have been built LFS 6.8 on a USB stick, and moved it to a disk partition using 'dd'. I modified the grub.cfg file and rebooted. Then got a kernel panic. -- Thank you, -Brian -- http://linuxfroms

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task

2011-05-10 Thread DJ Lucas
On 05/10/2011 03:39 AM, shubham jain wrote: > When I boot from my LFS CD > I get the message: *Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the > idle task* > > I am using *LFS live CD -x86-6.3-r2160-min* > > I have windows 7 also installed on my system. > My system deta

Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task

2011-05-10 Thread shubham jain
When I boot from my LFS CD I get the message: *Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task* I am using *LFS live CD -x86-6.3-r2160-min* I have windows 7 also installed on my system. My system details are: * Processor: Intel core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz RAM : 2GB* This is the full

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-14 Thread Justin The Cynical
mas...@mail.com wrote: > LFS system dmesg | grep IDE: > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:07.1 > Probing IDE interface ide0... > Probing IDE interface ide1... > hdc: VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > target0

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-14 Thread mastah
/input/inp ut6 Thanks // Mastah -Original Message- From: Justin The Cynical To: LFS Support List Sent: Tue, Apr 13, 2010 10:39 am Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) mas...@mail.com wrote: > Hi i got this error when i tried to boo

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-13 Thread Justin The Cynical
ernel and took every driver for SATA and SCSI just to > be sure that wont be an issue. *snip* > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(2.0) > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda2" or unknown-block(2.0) *snip* > linux /vmlinux-2

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-13 Thread mastah
> I've no idea what vmware is but I expect it has something to do with your > problem It is a virtualization program. So i have my Ubuntu laptop, in it i use vmware to boot up the LFS live cd which is the host system and in there i build my LFS system. > VMWare will not show your guest OS the ac

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread stosss
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### > ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### > # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply > type the > # menu entries you want to add after

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
h --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set >> dd263110-8c28-48f1-bb0e-5c779c97e9ac >> linux /vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6 root=/dev/sda2 ro >> } > Are these search lines needed? I don't put them in my grub.cfg Andy, the search lines are added by GRUB, they are ignored by L

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread Andrew Benton
ode)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,1) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > dd263110-8c28-48f1-bb0e-5c779c97e9ac Are these search lines needed? I don't put them in my grub.cfg > when i reboot i get: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Un

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0)

2010-04-12 Thread mastah
tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### i set the grub MBR to /dev/sda when i reboot i get: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2.0) VFS: Cannot open root device "sda2" or unknown-block(2.0) Please append a correct "root="

Re: Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-06 Thread Mike McCarty
option; here are the available > partitions: > 0b00 1048575 dr0 driver: sr > Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) This looks like you are right, you don't have the right drivers. There are three levels you need f

Re: Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-03 Thread stosss
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Kaleb Hosie wrote: > I'm really stumped right now and I could use some help. > > I've finished compiling the Kernel for my first LFS deployment and I after I > finished rebooting it for the first time, I get a Kernel Panic. Here's wha

Re: Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-03 Thread stosss
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Kaleb Hosie wrote: > I'm really stumped right now and I could use some help. > > I've finished compiling the Kernel for my first LFS deployment and I after I > finished rebooting it for the first time, I get a Kernel Panic. Here's wha

Kernel Panic after booting first time

2010-04-03 Thread Kaleb Hosie
I'm really stumped right now and I could use some help. I've finished compiling the Kernel for my first LFS deployment and I after I finished rebooting it for the first time, I get a Kernel Panic. Here's what is looks like: VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-23 Thread stosss
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: > I saw that the list places my messages at the top level of the > threads, and not as a response to previous messages. I assume > this is because I get the digest version, and reply to that and > change the subject. If anyone knows how I

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-23 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
I saw that the list places my messages at the top level of the threads, and not as a response to previous messages. I assume this is because I get the digest version, and reply to that and change the subject. If anyone knows how I can reply "correctly", I'll be glad to comply. Bruce Dubbs wrote: >

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: [...] > I would recommend improving chapter 8.3 of the book (configuring and compiling > the kernel) by adding these hints about configuring the kernel, i.e. > using lspci, > lsmod, and enabling many options. I would agree with this except that the kernel is such a rap

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: > I would recommend improving chapter 8.3 of the book (configuring and compiling > the kernel) by adding these hints about configuring the kernel, i.e. > using lspci, lsmod, and enabling many options. There's way too many different issues for Chapter 8. Did you read th

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
Andrew Benton wrote: >> I added CONFIG_PATA_VIA, and that did not help. > which CONFIG_PATA_VIA depends? If I were you I'd enable support for lots of > things that > may, possibly be needed and compile them all into the kernel. Use lspci as a > guide and Thanks. When enabling lots of options I

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Benton
On 21/03/10 13:10, Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: > I installed lfs (around the time of one of the 6.6 release candidates) > on an old Compaq laptop using jhalfs. After completing the configuration > (from the current 6.6 release), I tried to boot the new system and > received a kernel pan

Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-21 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
I installed lfs (around the time of one of the 6.6 release candidates) on an old Compaq laptop using jhalfs. After completing the configuration (from the current 6.6 release), I tried to boot the new system and received a kernel panic saying it could not mount the root filesystem. I'll t

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message > From: Andrew Benton > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Sent: Mon, 8 February, 2010 11:00:38 PM > Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: > > On 08/02/10 15:44, Aditya Bankar wrote: > > - Original Message > >&g

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 15:44, Aditya Bankar wrote: > >> From: Bruce Dubbs >> >> Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let >> us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying >> drivers are missing. >> > I have put the config file here: http://pastebin.com/m43ec2f

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Andrew Benton wrote: > On 08/02/10 16:16, Aditya Bankar wrote: >> If I run menuconfig to recompile, should I first clean& distclean? >> Or is it ok to just run make again after an update to the .config >> file? >> > Before I recompile the kernel I always run make mrproper That is the standard re

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 15:44, Aditya Bankar wrote: > - Original Message >> From: Bruce Dubbs >> >> Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let >> us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying >> drivers are missing. >> > I have put the config file here:

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Aditya Bankar wrote: >> If there any way of mapping /mnt/lfs into virtual box (or any other >> VM) as /. This would help in checking state of the newly compiled >> OS without rebooting the host. > I found it here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-604000.html. This > required running Vi

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 16:16, Aditya Bankar wrote: > If I run menuconfig to recompile, should I first clean& distclean? Or is it > ok to just run make again after an update to the .config file? > Before I recompile the kernel I always run make mrproper Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
> If there any way of mapping /mnt/lfs into virtual box (or any other VM) as /. > This would help in checking state of the newly compiled OS without rebooting > the > host. I found it here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-604000.html. This required running Virtual Box as root. But

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
If I run menuconfig to recompile, should I first clean & distclean? Or is it ok to just run make again after an update to the .config file? If there any way of mapping /mnt/lfs into virtual box (or any other VM) as /. This would help in checking state of the newly compiled OS without rebooting

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message > From: Bruce Dubbs > > Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let > us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying > drivers are missing. > I have put the config file here: http://pastebin.com/m43ec2f8f > The out

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Benton
On 08/02/10 02:06, Aditya Bankar wrote: > > Do you need more information? > Yes, the info Bruce asked for would be helpful Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Go ahead and post your full config file at http://pastebin.com/ and let > us know the url so we can take a look. I suspect some underlying > drivers are

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
From: Aditya Bankar To: LFS Support List Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 10:32:53 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: - Original Message > From: Andrew Benton > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 8

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread xsystem
> VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy > >>>> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda6" on unknown_block (2,0) > >>>> Please append a correct "root=" boot options; here the options > >>>> Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Bruce Dubbs
t;sda6" on unknown_block (2,0) >>>> Please append a correct "root=" boot options; here the options >>>> Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown_block >> (2,0) >>>> I did not install grub. I have instead added new entr

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message > From: Andrew Benton > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 8:57:02 PM > Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: > > On 07/02/10 13:39, Aditya Bankar wrote: > > > > > > > > > &g

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Benton
On 07/02/10 13:39, Aditya Bankar wrote: > > > > > - Original Message >> From: Aditya Bankar >> To: lfs support >> Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 5:18:26 PM >> Subject: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am getti

Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
- Original Message > From: Aditya Bankar > To: lfs support > Sent: Sun, 7 February, 2010 5:18:26 PM > Subject: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: > > Hi, > > I am getting this problem while launching the new LFS 6.5: > > Root NFS: No NFS server availab

Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:

2010-02-07 Thread Aditya Bankar
Hi, I am getting this problem while launching the new LFS 6.5: Root NFS: No NFS server available, giving up VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS: Cannot open root device "sda6" on unknown_block (2,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot options; here the

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Rambabu Dasari wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel > throughing the following error. > > [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. > [4.592188] Failed to execute /init > [ 4.595746] Kernel

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Andrew Benton
On 24/01/10 16:40, Rambabu Dasari wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel > throughing the following error. > > [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. > [4.592188] Failed to execute /init > [

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread linux fan
On 1/24/10, Rambabu Dasari wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel > throughing the following error. > > [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. > [4.592188] Failed to execute /init > 6.2.1. Creating Initial Device Nodes,

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Muzer
iled to execute /init > [ 4.595746] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing > init= option to kernel. > [4.604190] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30.2 #1 > [4.609649] Call Trace: > [4.612168] [] ? printk+0xf/0x11 > [4.616417] [] panic+0x39/0

Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

2010-01-24 Thread Rambabu Dasari
Hi all, I am trying to build Linux from Scratch(LFS), while booting the kernel throughing the following error. [4.586704] Warning: unable to open an initial console. [4.592188] Failed to execute /init [4.595746] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-02 Thread Hans Kaper
n >>>> external USB harddisk. >>>> My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. >>>> >>>> Booting from the USB disk fails with >>>> "[4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount >>>> root fs

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Baho Utot
n one of my two internal harddisks. >>> >>> Booting from the USB disk fails with >>> "[4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount >>> root fs on unknown-block (2,0)" >>> >>> >>> >> I have done some

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
USB disk fails with >> "[4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount >> root fs on unknown-block (2,0)" >> >> > I have done some more research on your problem. > > Try this > > in /etc/fstab for the USB disk > > UUID=6342a6b5-25cf-

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:05:52 +0200 schreef Danny Engelbarts : > On Tuesday 29 September 2009 22:19:24 Hans Kaper wrote: >> >> Good suggestion. So once again I made an entry in Grub's menu.lst, >> carefully copying the disk/by-id-field from the SUSE-entry that boots >> allright from the usb-disk

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Mike McCarty
Hans Kaper wrote: > > See my reply to Baho Utot. Problem solved now. Thanks for your attention, > Mike. I looked at every reply to Baho Utot by you, and I don't see one which says you solved the problem. I'd be very interested to see a repost or other report on what did the trick! Mike -- p="

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
ddisks. >>> >>> Booting from the USB disk fails with >>> "[4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount >>> root fs on unknown-block (2,0)" >>> >>> >> From devices.txt >> >> 2 blockFloppy disks >

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
USB disk fails with >> "[4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount >> root fs on unknown-block (2,0)" >> >> > From devices.txt > > 2 blockFloppy disks > 0 = /dev/fd0Controller 0, drive 0, autodetect >

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-30 Thread Mike McCarty
Baho Utot wrote: [...] > If you have success then try to use UUID in the menu.lst file like this > > kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.30.2 > root=UUID=6342a6b5-25cf-4d01-a318-68309d12ab5b rootdelay=15 ro quite -^ Normally, I don't c

Re: Kernel panic when upgrading older LFS

2009-09-30 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/9/30 Cliff McDiarmid : > Hi > > When upgrading a version of LFS 6.0 with a much newer kernel(2.6.27.10)in > order to get a new wireless driver I'm getting a kernel panic and stop.   > Would there be a problem with upgrading an LFS with glibc-2.3.4 and older > packages

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-30 Thread Baho Utot
J.P.Kaper wrote: > I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an > external USB harddisk. > My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. > > Booting from the USB disk fails with > "[4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unabl

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-30 Thread Danny Engelbarts
On Tuesday 29 September 2009 22:19:24 Hans Kaper wrote: > Op Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:05 +0200 schreef Philipp Christian Loewner > The menu.lst entry is: > root (hd0,7) > kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.27.4 > root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SAMSUNG_HM160HI_16113662-0:0-part8 rootdelay=9 I was just rereadi

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Mike McCarty
Baho Utot wrote: > J.P.Kaper wrote: >> I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an >> external USB harddisk. >> My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. >> >> Booting from the USB disk fails with >> &quo

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