On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:37:27AM -0700, Samuel A. Rogers wrote: > Herbert, > > I could send you a boot log but there is no information in it (to this > problem) because the system locks up before it mounts the root (or other) > partitions. Sorry your right that I should have included the boot loader, > as it is grub. I am not sure what your wanting here, if it is a file or for > me to discribe what I selected in the configuration. If it is a file please > let me know what directory it is in and I will be happy to include it. I > did select LVM and ext3 in the configuration. maybe you could put the following files/logs somewhere on the web .config file from the kernel sources /usr/src/linux-<whatever>/.config the complete boot log (with all unrelated info ;) the grub config file best, Herbert > Thank you for your help, > > Sam. > > Herbert Poetzl wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:10:22AM -0700, Samuel A. Rogers wrote: > > > >>So far I can not compile and boot any kernel from 2.4.19 - 2.4.21. I get > >>the below error message: > >> > >>VFS: cannot open device 3a:00 > >>kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs 3a:00 > > > > > >send some more information, like a complete > >bootup log, your boot loader and your kernel > >configuration ... > > > >best, > >Herbert > > > > > >>I took this from an archive message and it should be very close to the > >>message I get except for the device number. I think mine says 1a:00 as I > >>am only using ide and not scsi. The system locks up and I have to > >>manually press the reset button to reboot. > >> > >>I have checked the archives but could not find a solution. > >> > >>Also the kernels I get from Redhat can boot just fine, but they have > >>turned off my sound card so I need to regen the kernel. I have tried to > >>get ahold of Redhat by phone, e-mail and newsgroup but no reply. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >> Sam Rogers. > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>linux-lvm mailing list > >>linux-lvm@sistina.com > >>http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > >>read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > > > > >. > > > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/hda > default=1 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > password --md5 $1$fJRwapbJ$jxsALxSgdFjk02dHBhHmL0 > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.21) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.21.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-20.9) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.9) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-13.9) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.9 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-13.9.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-9custom) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-9custom ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-9custom.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-9) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-9 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-9.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-6 ro root=/dev/Volume00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-6.img _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
