On Tuesday 17 August 2004 21:51, L. Mark Stone wrote:
On Tuesday, August 17 2004 09:02 am, Leendert Meyer wrote: <snip>
On the boot prompt, specify the modules to load like this (in one /single/ line):
insmod=i2o_core insmod=i2o_block insmod=i2o_config
There is more on linuxrc boot prompt parameters in the linuxrc docs, see /usr/share/doc/packages/linuxrc (these docs are in the package linuxrc).
Unfortunately, the insmod= trick did not work; right at the point where the i2o drivers are due to get loaded I get a kernel panic. These drivers load fine from another SuSE 9.1 installation on a set of IDE disks.
The prompt shows: Starting udev Creating devices Loading kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko Warning: can't open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory. VFS: Cannot open root device "5003" or unknown-block (80,3) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (80,3)
Any ideas? I can access all of this installation's partitions when booted from a different set of disks, so if you need me to look at something specific, I can.
I thought you are trying to install SuSE. But looking at your error messages it looks more like booting an installed Linux. I'm confused. Which of the two is it? 1) If you are installing, exactly what do you type at the boot prompt? 2) If you are booting an installed Linux, exactly what are the kernel parameters? Please choose between 1) or 2) and answer that question. :) Cheers, Leen