> I just installed the latest LFS (version 6.2)
completely and installed many
> BLFS programs. The LFS book is designed to install
Linux kernel version
> 2.6.16.x. After getting this far I found out that the
newest kernel supports
> graphics drivers for my graphics card and 2.6.16 does
not.
>
> I am a newbie at doing everything from scratch
though.so I don't know if an
> upgrade is actually feasible. I tried just downloading
the source code for
> the newest stable kernel, and set all the options like
I did previously,
> compiled, copied, and modified /boot/grub/menu.lst.
>
> Along came a problem. Now doing bootup it says:
>
> "Kernel Panic: not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount
root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)"
>
> The hard drive detection information is way off the
screen and scrolls by
> too fast so I cannot see it. I have tried enabling
scrolling for it but it
> does not seem to work. I have tried installing just the
PATA and SATA
> drivers for my mobo and also tried all SATA and PATA
drivers without luck. I
> have installed all of the appropriate filesystem
drivers (Ext3). Still no
> luck. Is there something else I need to enable? I have
tried doing
> root=/dev/xxx1 with every combination I thought
possible for xxx (hdx and
> sdx). I have also tried playing around with using the
root=0xXXX stuff with
> no luck.
>
> Do I need to update the installed kernel headers? There
are only a few
> warning compile messages, no errors. If I update the
installed kernel
> headers does it mean that I have to also reinstall any
software that used
> them? Should I just start over?
>
>
> Luckily I made sure to keep the other kernel around and
am now dual booting
> the two. Is it alright to have their
System.map-2.6.x.x, config-2.6.x.x and
> kernel images in the same boot folder?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jeff
> Hard drive setup:
>
> Motherboard: Commell LV-677 (Intel ICH7M/945GM based)
>
> Primary IDE: SATA
>
> Master: 300 GB hard drive (should be hda as it was
with 2.6.16)
>
> Has only 1 partition, with ext3
formatting (was hda1)
> Secondary IDE: PATA
>
> Master: DVD/CD-RW (I know this is still loading as
hdc).
>
> Slave: none
No, you don't need to upgrade the headers. I'm running
2.6.20.4 with no problems. You should just use
root=/dev/hda1, since that it is. You sure ext3 and the sata
driver aren't compiled as modules?
To stop the message scrolling, just press Scroll Lock...
And it is ok to keep them in the same folder, they won't get
mixed up..
Try to see the messages and then report back...
Lauri
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