Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261213AbVELGrb (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 02:47:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261155AbVELGrb (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 02:47:31 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.196]:57759 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261213AbVELGrN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 02:47:13 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FvIrq6aqEDT7syFVK5Y8gRKMY1yZVE831YPl+/jgiXUMbw5UauOYBVc+wghNMuXzx1WuGK0bDo25rY0pEHwKwmv3oT1/lUjwL7OIwfvGsRNoJwaPOFJ5AkX0Xmy9YgJ1OVw9gulZG2zGkJUw0QS3+T5b5389viRDXoNb9E7F3U8= Message-ID: <40a4ed5905051123471c3512aa@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:47:09 +0200 From: Zeno Davatz Reply-To: Zeno Davatz To: Laurent CARON Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <428238B7.7070207@apartia.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <40a4ed5905051107255848f6b1@mail.gmail.com> <428238B7.7070207@apartia.fr> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1351 Lines: 35 On 5/11/05, Laurent CARON wrote: > Zeno Davatz a ?crit : > >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 ? Do you mean I should try that in Liilo or in fstab? When I boot from CD I can clearly see /dev/sda3 and /dev/sda1. Thanks for your help Zeno - 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/