Subject: Re: G4 Installation Woes
From: Maurice van Steensel (mvanstee@baserv.uci.kun.nl)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 00:19:20 MDT
On 15-08-2000 at 12:05, Mike.Tuller@anoka.k12.mn.us (Mike Tuller) wrote:
> I'm trying once more to get CS 1.2 installed on my G4, and am getting a
> kernel panic. Here is all the info:
>
> G4/450 AGP (SCSI)
> 128 MB RAM
> UW SCSI ID 0, Bus 2
>
> I have on the root level of the HD:
> yaboot 0.7
> vmlinux 2.2.17pre13-ben1(changed name to vmlinux)
> yaboot.conf
>
> My partitions are:
> HFS sda7
> swap sda8
> root sda9
>
> I have booted OF and set the startup disk to
> /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4,1/@0:7,vmlinux
>
> My yaboot.conf has the following:
> default = linux
> image = /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4,1/@0:7,vmlinux
> label = linux
> root = /dev/sda9
> append = "sda=noautotune"
> novideo
>
> When Linux starts to load, I get a kernel panic.
> Kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root on 08:09
>
> I have looked at every webpage I can find, and every post, but still can't
> find the solution. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
Well, you can't mount / so my first thought would be that it is not on sda9.
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