kernel panics please help

valleyman · 06-24-2003, 10:02 AM

yeah well i just installed linux .... i have a cd burner
that i want to work and the kernel arguments
at start are "hd=ide-scsi" and when trys to boot
with this i get a kernel panic ... something about
not syncing .... and it will not go any further.
but if i edit this and take out the scsi part it boots
fine ... is there any way that i could leave this in
and still bee able to boot? or anyway that one
could get around this and still burn a cd?

thank you in advance for your reply,
valleyman

jharris · 06-24-2003, 10:07 AM

Shouldn't that be hdN=ide-scsi where N is a, b, c, ,d etc?

Welcome to LinuxQuestions BTW.

cheers

Jamie...

valleyman · 06-24-2003, 01:58 PM

oh yeah ... it is hdd. sorry about that i forgot the extra d

jharris · 06-24-2003, 04:35 PM

The simple ones are often the hardest to spot!

Not that I've ever wasted days of my time on similar problems of my own, honest

Jamie...

valleyman · 06-24-2003, 05:23 PM

no no no ... i was saying that i forgot to put the extra d in the post ... the problem is still there ...

Half_Elf · 06-24-2003, 07:48 PM

can you post the exact error msg? we can't guess what is your problem.

valleyman · 06-24-2003, 08:23 PM

all that it says is something along the lines of no shit you can't guess , no but really .. it says
kernel panic. Aiee! handler not syncing

Half_Elf · 06-25-2003, 12:44 AM

can you just write it down and give it to us????

jharris · 06-25-2003, 03:15 AM

Isn't the parameter you want infact hdd=scsi, just looked at the comments in the kernel source.

cheers

Jamie...

valleyman · 06-25-2003, 11:25 AM

thanks jamie that helped alot ... it works now thank you.

valleyman · 06-25-2003, 03:58 PM

oh bugger that is not your name is it

oops

alofatti · 06-25-2003, 04:17 PM

Ah!!! I think I have made the same mistake!!

I've got the same error in the boot.

That was a very fortunate post, valleyman.

jharris · 06-26-2003, 05:23 AM

Glad you got it working

Jamie...