I had the similar problem with 2.4.2 rpm's, on some machines it choked while loading image, while on others it panicked; I've decided it's not worth my time, since custom compile from 2.4.3 sources worked like a charm. j. Jonathan Wilson wrote:
Howdy,
I'm having a lot of trouble booting after installing the latest kernel rpm. I keep getting kernel panics if I try to boot linux_2.4. It works fine if I boot the image named "suse".
I've tried manually giving it the root=/dev/sda4 option but it doesn't like that either.
I also tried using the CDs "boot installed system" option, and it tells me that /dev/sda4 isn't a valid root device. I tried using the rescue system to mount that partition and is says it isn't a valid block device, however I think that's a module problem i.e. there's not a SCSI module included in the rescue system.
As I said, I can boot if I use the "suse" lilo image, but I get lots of errors about modules.
What is the "suse" image? I do not have a 2.2.x kernel installed. Is it safe to run depmod while booted into the "suse" image? Or will that make things worse?
Everything was working fine until installed the latest 2.4.2x kernel from the update dir of ftp.suse.com.
BTW /dev/sda4 is where / is, and it's a ReiserFS partition. /dev/sda3 is /boot and dev/sda2 is swap.
Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated
TIA,
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