i have patched the kernel and recompiled the kernel with the ext3 support, however, when i boot up, i get this error below, what have i missed ? request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or 03:06 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:37:30PM -0800, Steve Lee wrote:> i have patched the kernel and > recompiled the kernel with the > ext3 support, however, > when i boot up, i get this error below, > what have i missed ? >You forgot to post .config and steps you used to patch the kernel. Do you have any other patches applied? Mike
#include <hallo.h> Steve Lee wrote on Mon Nov 12, 2001 um 03:37:30PM:> i have patched the kernel and > recompiled the kernel with the > ext3 support, however, > when i boot up, i get this error below, > what have i missed ? > > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or 03:06 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06What is your distribution? If you use initrd booting system, make sure you included the modules for the IDE chipset and IDE harddisks (bl-mj-3 is /dev/hd*) in your initrd image. If you are using Debian Woody, please upgrade to the latest version of initrd-tools (from Sid) and kernel-package. Previous used to have bugs, and even the current kernel-package in unstable is buggy. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- <LnxBil> Alfie: Also gehen tut das Ding, die Fehler sehe ich doch beim starten? -- LnxBil über die Bedeutung von "use strict;"
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Mike Fedyk wrote:> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:37:30PM -0800, Steve Lee wrote: > > i have patched the kernel and > > recompiled the kernel with the > > ext3 support, however, > > when i boot up, i get this error below, > > what have i missed ? > > > > You forgot to post .config and steps you used to patch the kernel. Do you > have any other patches applied? > > Mike >this is the patch that i have used. nothing else. gunzip -c /home/user/local/stevelee/z/ext3-2.4-0.9.14-2414p8.gz | patch -p1 attached is the config file. do most people attach the config file ?
Steve Lee wrote:> > i have patched the kernel and > recompiled the kernel with the > ext3 support, however, > when i boot up, i get this error below, > what have i missed ? > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mountedHi, block-major-3 is for IDE devices /dev/hd{a, b,..}. Since you compiled the support of IDE as module (we can see it in your .config), and you don't use initrd, the kernel has no way to access to the disk to find the module. This explains why you get the message:> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or 03:06 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06Compile the kernel with bult-in IDE support. Liu