Hello everyone. Im trying to update my kernel (version 2.4.x) to version 2.6.8.1. I was suprised to find that the drivers for my other IDE controller were available in the kernel compilation options, so I selected them. Once everything was compiled and installed, I rebooted and watched the system messages scroll by. I noticed that my linux disk was now identifyed as hdi, rather then hde. The kernel died when it tryed to read files off of hde, with a VFS panic. I managed to solve this by booting into my old kernel, and putting in 'append="boot=/dev/hdi root=/dev/hdi6"' into my lilo.conf.

The next time I booted, fsck complained it couldnt find hde partitions, I expected this. It gave me the option to skip scanning, and I did. A few messages later, the system hung on "starting kernel log daemon: syslogd".

Help! I have no idea what to do

Should I mod my /etc/fstabs to point to /dev/hdi instead of /dev/hde? If so, what will happen when I try booting into the old kernel?

Thanks in advance.

you have to tell linux where to find the partition in /etc/fstab.
when you switch back to 2.4 you'll have to reverse that again.
this can easily be done by booting into a rescue-cd (or knoppix alike) and mount
the drive. then use an editor to set it back; reboot.

maybe there also is some kind of kernelparameter to tell the kernel to use a specific ide as first and second and another as third and fourth ide. see the kerneldoc since i'm not sure 'bout.

sl mritch.