[PLUG] Upgrading from Woody to Sarge

[Evan Heidtmann]

On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 22:00, Andrew Munkres wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Paul Mullen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 08:46:48AM -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> [snip]
> > >      VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) Please
> > >      append a correct "root=" boot option.
> >
> > This looks a lot like the error I've gotten when I build a kernel with
> > initrd support, and then provide no initrd for the kernel to mount at
> > boot-time. I think if you compile a new kernel "the Debian way" (i.e.,
> > with make-kpkg), then the new initrd is created automatically.
> > Or you could just re-compile without initrd support. Hopefully someone
> > else can provide more insight...
> 
> One thing to check: if you're not using an initrd, you need to compile the
> filesystem driver for the root filesystem into the kernel image (rather
> than as a module).

I second that! Also check "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support".
It's in:

File systems  --->
Partition Types  --->

Advanced partition selection
  PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support

This has bitten me a couple times.

Evan