Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:0Forum: HD Install Topic: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:0 started by: aotf Posted by aotf on Mar. 20 2006,23:47
Here is what I have done so far.-Booted from LiveCD -While booting I see "Probing SCSI AIC7xxx.0" and it finds my SCSI device -Selected Hard Drive install from right click menu -Installed to sda1 (my SCSI drive (and only drive in the computer besides the CD-ROM)) -Asked to install boot loader, said Yes -Got error "/dev/sda does not have corresponding BIOS drive" -Mounted /dev/sda1 to /mnt/sda1 -Edited /boot/grub/device.map to have only the line "(hd0) /dev/sda" -Ran "grub-install /dev/sda --root-directory=/mnt/sda1" -Got no errors -Edit "menu.lst" and remove noscsi option from first line and add line at bottom that has no cheat codes just the root and the kernel When I reboot GRUB comes up and I get to chose "DSL" and get the folowing message
08:01 is my scsi drive sda1 (found by googleing) When I reboot and chose my option without any cheat codes I get a lot of stuff that goes by so fast that I cant read it but I notice it never probes for my SCSI drive. The lines I can see that look troublesome are
I have been searching for about a week now trying to get this hard drive install to work on my scsi drive. I have 2 older computers (Pentium 200MHz, 64MB Ram) that I want a good linux opperating system on so any help would be appreciated. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ Survival of the Fittest does not explain Arrival of the Fittest < www.ArrivaloftheFittest.com > Posted by cbagger01 on Mar. 21 2006,17:29
Try doing a "frugal" install to your hard drive instead of a regular install.The SCSI drivers are not compiled directly into the linux kernel for DSL. Instead, they are modules that are loaded after the initial bootup. This is a problem because it puts you into a "Catch-22" situation because you need to load the driver file in order to see that hard drive BUT you can't see the hard drive until after the driver file is loaded. I suppose you could build some kind of custom boot floppy that loads the kernel and "insmods" the SCSI drivers and then loads the root filesystem on /dev/sda, but a canned DSL hd install will not work "out of the box" for you. Posted by aotf on Mar. 21 2006,22:46
It won't let me do a frugal install. When I attempt to select that from the menu it states that the frugal install script only works properly if the destination hard drive is hda and I am using hda.If I recompile the kernel to add SCSI support built into the kernel instead of having to load the SCSI module would that work? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ Survival of the Fittest does not explain Arrival of the Fittest < www.ArrivaloftheFittest.com > Posted by roberts on Mar. 21 2006,22:55
What version of DSL?
Posted by aotf on Mar. 22 2006,23:17
I have the folowing isof83002a228f3b985920a2b3338a0bcb8 dsl-2.2.iso If an older version will work I can use that. These computers are just being used for file storage. |