Re: [Mactel-linux-users] updating kernel screws up grub?

[Geoffrey <li...@se...>]

Geoffrey wrote:
> So I rebuilt my kernel, insuring that I had ext3 support and I still get 
> a panic, although it is a different message:
> 
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
> unknown-block(0,0)
> 
> Here are my grub entries.  The first is the new kernel, the second is my 
>   current working kernel.
> 
> title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (2.6.33.2)
>          root (hd0,2)
>          kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.2 ro root=LABEL=/ irqpoll rhgb
>          initrd /initrd-2.6.33.2.img
> title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (2.6.18-194.el5)
>          root (hd0,2)
>          kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ irqpoll rhgb quiet
>          initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.el5.img
> 
> I still wonder if the fact that file returns different info about my 
> current working kernel and this new kernel has anything to do with this 
> issue?
> 
> boot> file vmlinuz-2.6.33.2 vmlinuz-2.6.1
> vmlinuz-2.6.33.2:       Linux kernel x86 boot executable RO-rootFS, 
> root_dev 0x808, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA
> vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, AMD x86-64, 
> version 1, stripped

Googling this keeps pointing to the lack of file system support, but 
I've got it in my config:

CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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