Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:38:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:38:35 -0500 Received: from user-24-214-12-221.knology.net ([24.214.12.221]:44220 "EHLO localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:37:24 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Ro0tSiEgE To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Debian boot-flopppies and 2.5.53 dont mix Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:48:57 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200212261538.59540.lkml@ro0tsiege.org> <20021226214124.GA19961@conectiva.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20021226214124.GA19961@conectiva.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200212261548.57903.lkml@ro0tsiege.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1616 Lines: 36 Come on man, I'm not being lame. It IS a real bug but no one will tell me why, or how to fix it. On Thursday 26 December 2002 15:41, you wrote: > Em Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 03:38:59PM -0600, Ro0tSiEgE escreveu: > > I've tried 5 different IRC channels and no one will give me any answers. > > I created a Debian (woody) install cd for my laptop (no floppy) and the > > kernel 2.5.53 (2.4 and below have VERY weird issues with my pavilion > > notebook and the ALi chipset, which still no one can give an answer as to > > how to fix THAT), and it panics saying Unable to mount root "" or 01:00. > > Some people said try root=/dev/ide/[etc..] but that doesn't work, I want > > to boot the initrd for the install, not a partition on the hard drive. > > Please, how can I accomplish this?? Sorry if I'm being cranky but > > everyone has been driving me nuts and treating me like dirt in the > > channels. > > Would it be possible that noone that has actually read your messages (and > some will delete the message right away because of your script kiddie like > nick) knows the answer? Or that this could actually be a real bug that > still needs somebody to investigate it further to try to fix it? So you > have two choices: > > 1. wait for the fix to be done by someone else, i.e. wait one month or so > and try again > 2. fix it yourself > > Best Regards, > > - Arnaldo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/