Kernel upgrade problem

samuel samuel.verstraete at gmail.com
Fri Aug 28 08:07:18 CEST 2009


it could be udev... i remember a similar issue... but i forgot the solution :)

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:51 AM, <rpyne at kinfolk.org> wrote:
> There is some good information there, but it doesn't solve the
> problem. The console messages with the newest kernel never show
> actual partition assignments ever being made:
>
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
> ide_generic: please use "probe_mask=0x3f" module parameter for
> probing all legacy ISA IDE ports
> ide-gd driver 1.10
> ide-cd driver 5.00
> pata_via 0000:00:11.1: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
> scsi0 : pata_via
> scsi1 : pata_via
> ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xfc00 irq 14
> ata2: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xfc08 irq 15
> .
> .
> .
> ata1.00: ATA-6: WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 77 07W77, max UDMA/100
> ata1.00: 156301488 sectors, multi 16 : LBA48
> ata1.01: ATA-7: MAXTOR STM3200820A 3.AAC, max UDMA/100
> ata1.01: 390721968 sectors, multi 16 : LBA48
> ata1.00 configured for UDMA/100
> ata1.01 configured for UDMA/100
> scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access  ATA  WDC WD800JB-00ET 77.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct Access  ATA  MAXTOR STM320082 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> .
> .
> .
> VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available
> partitions:
> Kernel panit - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
> block (3,1)
>
>
> I am attaching the .config file as config.2.6.30.5
>
> --Richard
>
>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org/msg1003
>> 2.html
>>
>> It is possible that your hda/hdb/hdc is now sda/sdb/sdc or mixed
>> otherwise if you have edd enabled in kernel or have usb pendrive
>> plugged in somwhere. I had problems with partitions once during boot
>> just because I forgot to pull out usb pendrive from computer's
>> back.
>> Send us .config file of your new kernel, we'll see, (and check if
>> you don't have somewhere plugged in pendrive or usb hdd).
>>
>> have a nice day,
>> Zbigniew Luszpinski
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