2.6.19: VFS: Cannot Open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
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Ok, I have a similar problem. I'm going from 2.6.17 to 2.6.20, and I got the same errors as havok above. I have an Asus MB, which uses Nvidia chips for the SATA controller. Here's the hardware:
I added in the Device Drivers > Serial ATA... > NVIDIA SATA support into the kernel. Rebuilt the kernel and modules.
When I boot onto the new kernel, I see "Loading Linux-2.6.20.............." and it stops there. Is there some huge step that I missed? I only added the two options and the kernel doesnt boot anymore.
VFS: Cannot Open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on /dev/sda1 (0,0)
I've been trying to compile a new 2.6.19 Kernel since a few days ago, and i just cant seem to fix this problem, i am using ReiserFS on my hard drive; and i made sure that the module for that FS is embedded in my Kernel binary:
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_SECURITY is not set
This is a Laptop with Serial ATA so the modules are there as well:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA=y
And my grub tells the MBR that where the root partition is:
So, i dont know what im missing, i used the same configuration for the 2.6.18.3 version and everything works fine, in fact it is the running Kernel as i type this, so i hope that someone can help me out here, what am i missing?
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