Re: [linux-audio-user] Fwd: 2.6.10-1-multimedia and GRUB

On Thu, 10 Mar, 2005 at 04:11PM -0500, guerrier spake thus:
> Hi,
> I installed the 2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7 kernel via synaptic. and then
> i gave the update-grub coomand. menu.lst was automatically updated;
> this is the new entry:
>
> title aGNUla/DeMuDi, kernel 2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7
> root (hd2,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7 root=/dev/hdc1 ro
> savedefault
> boot

What does the rest of your conf file look like? It will tell us what
partition/drive you *should* be using as root - does it match this entry?
 
> now when i boot, grub launches, i choose 2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7. it
> starts to load and then i get this error:
>
> VFS: cannot open root device 'hdc1" 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)
>
> I can still boot the 2.4.25 kernel and windowsxp. I also did this, on
> the advice of Free:
>
> # dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7
> dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7 (--install)
> cannot access archive: No such file or directory
> error were encountered while processing:
> kernel-image-2.6.10-1-multimedia-k7
>
> Gustin inquired about initrd.img-2.6.10-1-multimedia. And I found
> that there in no entry in menu.lst about it nor is there such a file
> in /boot directory.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> guerrier
>

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