From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1DqJ-0007dG-R5 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:14:31 -0800 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1D9u-0002c7-31 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:30:42 -0800 Message-ID: <212201c406fc$242caf50$2000000a@schlepptopp> From: "roland" References: Subject: Re: [uml-devel] 2.6 UML Kernel Woes (re UDB Device) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:02:26 +0100 To: "William R. Lorenz" , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mhhhh.... do you use devfs=nomount with your 2.4.x kernel, too? what about _trying_ devfs? also see: http://usermodelinux.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134 hth roland ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. Lorenz" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:47 AM Subject: [uml-devel] 2.6 UML Kernel Woes (re UDB Device) > Greetings, > > I've grabed the 2.6.3 kernel source an applied uml-patch-2.6.3-rc2-1.bz2 > as made available on the UML site @ SourceForge. I've then configured the > kernel with a `make ARCH=um menuconfig`, compiled it with a `make ARCH=um > linux`, and tried to run it on a 2.4.23 skas3+fairsched patched host. I > also added in an MPPE patch for PPTP-related stuff, which should be fine. > > When I run the 2.6.3 binary, I get the following error to the console: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "ubd0" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > I'm calling the UML binary with the following command-line options: > > user$ ./linux-2.6.3.mppe.bin devfs=nomount mem=128M \ > ubd0=fedora-core1.disk \ > con0=fd:0,fd:1 con=/dev/null \ > eth0=tuntap,tap3 root=/dev/ubd0 > > It's not a permissions problem with the 'fedora-core1.disk' file, as this > file works just fine with a 2.4.x UML kernel, and it's an ext3 filesystem: > > [root@phobos linux-2.6.3]# grep EXT3 .config > CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y > # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set > [root@phobos linux-2.6.3]# grep EXT2 .config > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is not set > [root@phobos linux-2.6.3]# > > I've attached the complete kernel .config I used for this 2.6 compilation. > > Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, in advance. > > -- _ > __ __ ___ _| | William R. Lorenz > \ V V / '_| | http://www.clevelandlug.net/ ; "Every revolution was > \./\./|_| |_| first a thought in one man's mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel