Re: [Gumstix-users] Kernel Panic with 2.6.10/11 kernel

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Stephan,

On 6/14/07, Stephan Guenther <gue...@in...> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have to use an old 2.6.10/11 Kernel on a current Gumstix. Unfortunately
> even the unmodified kernels out of the buildroots doesn't boot up correctly
> and end with:
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(31,1)

This is probably because u-boot is passing the incorrect command line
to the kernel.

See this page:
<http://docswiki.gumstix.com/U-boot#Booting_the_kernel>

> The 2.6.10 kernel also says anything about "Too few erase blocks"
> immediately before stopping with the above error.
>
>
> I tracked the problem in the FAQs and found, that Linux has changed the MTD
> device enumeration. Since I'm using a pretty old kernel version i suggested
> that I had to revert to the old numbering scheme. But that didn't fix the
> problem any way.

So you're saying that when you change the command line that you see this error:

> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(31,2)

instead of this one:

> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(31,1)

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Dave Hylands
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http://www.DaveHylands.com/