From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262121AbTI0R3H (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:29:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262133AbTI0R3H (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:29:07 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:160 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262121AbTI0R3D (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:29:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:29:02 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Jean-Marc Spaggiari Cc: Bradley Chapman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel panic:Unable to mount root fs (2.6.0-test5) Message-ID: <20030927172902.GK7665@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20030927162443.68906.qmail@web40912.mail.yahoo.com> <3F75BF60.4000100@Spaggiari.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F75BF60.4000100@Spaggiari.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 12:48:32PM -0400, Jean-Marc Spaggiari wrote: > Here is what I can see on the screen : > > floppy0: no floppy controllers found > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize > loop: loaded (max 8 devices) > 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26 > eth0: Realtek RTL8139 at 0xe3809f00, 00:08:0d:89:3c:38, IRQ 5 > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1 > Firware: 5.9 > Sensor: 15 > ne absolute packet format > Touchpad has extended capability bits > -> multifinger detection > -> palm detection > input: Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1 > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60, 0x64 irq 1 > NET: Registred protocol family 2 > IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768) > NET: Registerd protocol family 1 > VFS: Cannont open root device "302" or unknown-block(3,2) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panics: VFS: Unable to mount root fr onunknown-block(3,2) Which has one interesting thing and doesn't have another. 1) kernel has no idea WTF major 3/minor 2 means. 2) kernel hadn't even tried to look around for IDE disks The most likely cause: IDE support is not turned on. Check your .config - the interesting parts are CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK.