[PLUG] Upgrading from Woody to Sarge

Derek Loree drl at drloree.com
Thu Aug 19 10:03:02 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 08:46, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
[snip]
> I have a 2.6.7 kernel compiled and I have lilo configured to the point 
> where I get a menu when I boot. If I select the 2.2.20 kernel the system 
> boots just fine. If I select the 2.6.7 kernel, I get the following message:
> 
>       VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1)
>       Please append a correct "root=" boot option.
> 
> In lilo.conf I have:
> 
>       boot=/dev/hda
>       root=/dev/hda1
> 
> Any ideas on where to start looking?

The entry for the kernel, did you create an initrd image?  If not, lilo
may still be looking for one.

Good Luck,

Derek Loree






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