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

[james at dis-dot-dat.net]

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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