Hi, I have done a kernel upgrade to kernel 2.6.11.6 from sarge 2.4.27.
when i am booting up and select kernel 2.6 in Grub I get the following message.
VFS: Cannot open root device 'hda2" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic -not syncing:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Ok so the message seemed straight forward I had used the update-grub option to have my new entried in it and they have pointed to a bad block.
But when I look at the Grub entries it appears to me that the entries for kernel 2.4 and 2.6 both point to the same drive and 2.4 works so why wouldn't 2.6?
this is my entry
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.6 Default
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.6 Default (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro single
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.6
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.6 root=/dev/hda2 ro
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.6 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.6 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-1-386
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-386
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-1-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-386
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1