Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:41:45 -0400 (EDT) | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: Problems in kernel migration from 2.4 to 2.6 |
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Márcio Oliveira wrote:
> Hi there! > > I am migrating my linux laptop from a kernel 2.4.27-2 to a 2.6.12.6 > one. Since I compiled the 2.6.12.6 kernel and booted my laptop, I am > receiving the following message when chose the 2.6.12.6 entry in the > grub menu: > > mount: mount point dev does not exist > pivot_root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > But when I chose the 2.4.27 entry in the grub meno, my laptop boots ok! > > My laptop is running Debian Sarge 3.1a, kernel 2.4.27-2 (that it is > booting ok) and kernel 2.4.6.12.6 (kernel.org kernel). I compiled the > 2.6.12.6 kernel with all needed modules (sata disk, ext3 ... including > devfs support), maked a initrd image with the necessary modules to mount > the / partition (sata modules, file system modules...) and changed the > disks names in the /etc/fstab from hda to sda (as it is recognized at > 2.6.12.6 kernel bootup process). The laptop model is IBM Thinkpad T43.
That hda to sda looks funny. I didn't know the T43 has a SCSI (which I'm pretty sure it doesn't).
> > Any ideia? Anybody knows why it is happen? > Are you sure the initrd was correctly made. That pivot_root seems to suggest that it wasn't. You're using Debian. When I went from 2.4 to 2.6 I just used aptitude (or apt-get) to get the 2.6 kernel first, and let the package manager make all the necessary changes for me. I also usually don't use an initrd and just compile in the drivers for my ide and filesystems.
-- Steve
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