From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262030AbTJSQoY (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:44:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262033AbTJSQoY (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:44:24 -0400 Received: from pimout5-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.73]:35546 "EHLO pimout5-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262030AbTJSQoO (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:44:14 -0400 Subject: Root panics on test 5-8 From: Chris Anderson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1066581997.407.5.camel@kuso> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:46:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I recently attempted to upgrade from test1 to test8 and came across the following error when I boot: VFS: cannot open root device "2102" or unknown-block(33,2) Please append a correct "root=" boot option I have the filesystem of my root built into the kernel (ext3) and also have pci ide and my ide chipset driver built in. I had this same issue with test 5-7 as well though, but test 1 (the last one I've really tried) works fine. I also have a friend with different hardware but the same circumstances who encounters the same problem. Any help would be appreciated. Following is anything that might help in finding the cause: My .config: http://www.simoniac.com/~chris/config.txt lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10) 00:0d.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 02) 00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3 Ti 200] (rev a3) -Chris