Re: Linux-2.6.20-rc4 - Kernel panic!

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:55:18 +0530 Sunil Naidu wrote:

> On 1/12/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Size cannot be > 100 KB (and message cannot be html).
> > If photo size is > 100 KB, can you post it on the web somewhere?
> > (or email it me)
> 
> Shall e-mail you rightway, thanks.
> OffTopic: pic was 145KB, any good tool to compress with ease without
> much loss of quality on linux? Tried some, couldn't crop images
> easily!

Couldn't you just gzip or bzip2 it?

Anyway, it's now available at
  http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/2.6.19.1-Topol-M.jpg
for others to make suggestions on.


> > > Error messages:
> > >
> > > mount: could not find file system  '/dev/root'
> > > setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
> > > setuproot: error mountng /proc : No such file or directory
> > > setuproot: error mountng /sys : No such file or directory
> > > switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > Could you please give a pointer on this panic? I did refer to gdb to
> > > debug, it didn't help much. Any clues here how to proceed from here?
> >
> > Did some other previous kernel versions work/boot for you?
> > With the same config file?
> 
> Yep, till September 2006 I was active with Kernel building with
> another group in my Labs. I think I have built 2.6.18 sucessfully for
> my IBM ThinkCentre A51 Workstation (Non HT) that time. Should I post
> that .config here?
> 
> Now I have resumed Kernel building activities after a gap....all hell
> broke loose for me....problems are cropping up with this P4-HT
> machine!
> 
> I have compared my present .config with the distro's updated 2.6.18
> kernel config, made changes. No differences. But I really wonder
> what's wrong with my 2.6.19/2.6.20-rc4 building efforts :( I still
> have one my Dual Core Laptop in the que, god knows...
> 
> >
> > It looks like your new kernel doesn't have a driver for the boot
> > device, or the initrd does not have that driver.
> 
> Is there any way to check that?  My lspci data:
> 
> [sukhoi@Typhoon sbin]$ ./lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory
> Controller Hub (rev 04)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI
> Express Root Port (rev 04)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC
> Interface Bridge (rev 03)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
> SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: MYSON Technology Inc SURECOM EP-320X-S
> 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter

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~Randy
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