Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261992AbVEKQy6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 12:54:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261230AbVEKQy5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 12:54:57 -0400 Received: from gw.unix-scripts.info ([213.41.176.169]:25288 "EHLO gw.unix-scripts.info") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261992AbVEKQy3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 12:54:29 -0400 Message-ID: <428238B7.7070207@apartia.fr> Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 18:54:15 +0200 From: Laurent CARON User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050331) X-Accept-Language: fr, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zeno Davatz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) References: <40a4ed5905051107255848f6b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <40a4ed5905051107255848f6b1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1120 Lines: 30 Zeno Davatz a écrit : >Hi > >I'm trying to set up a new server with 2*200GB HD's, 2*Intel Xeon 3.4 >GHz and an Intel SE7520BD2 Motherboard (SATA). > >I can boot perfectly fine from my Gentoo 2005.0 - minimal-install CD. >The system is up and running except when I want to boot from the >harddisk (root=/dev/sda3 boot=/dev/sda1, both on jfs). I can proof >that by mounting the new system when I boot from CD and do a chroot. > >I even tried by compiling the kernel with the /proc/config.gz from the >above CD. Same result as in the subject line: >Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) > >Yes, I did run lilo -v and that went smoothly; and I do get the Lilo >manager in the beginning, but after that and some messages: Kernel >panic... > >I'm on 2.6.11.8 from kernel.org > > > did you try using Linux root=/dev/hda3 boot=/dev/hda1 ? - 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/