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Re: [Mactel-linux-users] updating kernel screws up grub?
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From: Geoffrey <li...@se...> - 2010-04-21 14:20:40
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cyberdork33 wrote: > Are you sure that you Partition Label is "/" ? Maybe you can change > your kernel line to have root=/dev/sdXX instead of using the label. I'll give that a go. > > What does your Partition Table Look like? Are the GPT and MBR table > out-of-sync? How would I know? Model: ATA Hitachi HTS72202 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 200GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 20.5kB 210MB 210MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot 2 210MB 98.9GB 98.7GB hfs+ Untitled 4 99.0GB 109GB 10.3GB linux-swap 3 109GB 109GB 105MB ext3 boot 5 109GB 141GB 31.5GB ext3 6 141GB 162GB 21.0GB ext3 7 162GB 178GB 15.7GB ext3 8 178GB 193GB 15.7GB ext3 9 193GB 200GB 6712MB ext3 > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Geoffrey wrote: > >> 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 >> >> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent the >> government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense >> of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users >> mailing list Mac...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users > mailing list Mac...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson |
