[SLUG] Re: boot problem with new kernel

From: Kwan Lowe (kwan@digitalhermit.com)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 20:41:31 EDT


Tevfik Yücek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I screwed the stuff in the first step.
>
> I compiled the new kernel, copied the image to /boot/ directory and
> updated lilo.cnf and run lilo. However, I commented out the part for
> old kernel image. Now I have two options in the startup, my windoze
> partition and new kernel. When I tried to boot with new kernel I get
> the following error:
>
> Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on hda1
>
> I just copied the part in lilo.conf and changed the image= part.
> Anyway, is there a way to reboot my computer with old kernel and
> change the lilo.conf so that I can try to fix the above error? I
> have the installation disks for the linux.
>

At the LILO: prompt, try typing:
   <imagename> root=/dev/hdax

Substitute <imagename> with the name you called the vmlinuz entry.
Substitute /dev/hdax with the device where your root filesystem lives. E.g.:

linux root=/dev/hda1
>

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