> Why don't we compare configs? This is mine for ion: > > http://parisc-linux.org/~jejb/config-2.6.28-rc5-ion > > I suspect we have some nasty interaction in the device driver subsystem > (ion, the pa8900, isn't running either USB or PDC stable). I tried this on what was ior: HARD Booted. palo ipl 1.14 root@penalosa Wed Oct 8 15:04:37 UTC 2008 Partition Start(MB) End(MB) Id Type 1 1 101 f0 Palo 2 102 1082 82 swap 3 1083 34726 83 ext2 PALO(F0) partition contains: PALO is formatted EXT2/3 Command line for kernel: 'root=/dev/sda3 panic=5 console=ttyS1 palo_kernel=1/vmlinux' Selected kernel: /vmlinux from partition 1 ... VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is enabled, you need to specify explicit textual name for "root=" boot option. Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) Rebooting in 5 seconds.. What's missing? Dave -- J. David Anglin dave.anglin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx National Research Council of Canada (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6602) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html