Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:24:52 +1000 | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.18 kernel not able to mount root file system |
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 02:12:14AM -0400, Steven A. DuChene at VA Linux Systems wrote: > OK, I am trying to test the latest 2.3 kernel on my spare > (read not 100% critical) server but when the kernel boots > after finding the IDE hard drive as well as the various > scsi drives in the system, it lists all the available > partitions on the scsi and the ide drives but then fails > to mount the root file system on the IDE drive. The last > message prior to the "unable to mount root fs on 03:01 > is "Found PIIX4 ACPI device at 4000" Has anyone > else been experimenting with the 2.3 kernels and seen this > sort of problem? The version I am trying is 2.3.18
More information from someone who accidentally compiled the kernel without DMA support (ie me :). It works fine without DMA but the above problem happens WITH DMA.
> I will try turning off the probe for the PIIX4 ACPI device > tomorrow evening to see if that makes any difference.
Ditto for me, later today.
> I can try to include the bootup messages or the linux/.config > file from the 2.3 kernel source tree somehow if anyone is > interested.
Ditto.
-- CaT (cat@zip.com.au) URL: http://www.zip.com.au/dev/null
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