On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 17:58 -0500, tlc wrote: > P4P800-E Delux / 3.0E / 2GB ram / 80GB sata ( ICH5 ) > FC3 upgraded to FC4 > 2.6.11.12 #5 SMP Thu Oct 20 17:18:06 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > SATA set to compatibility mode, secondary PATA + SATA. > > SATA boot drive, CD/DVDRW on PATA ( secondary ) > > The 2.6.11 kernel works fine, it sees my sata drive as /dev/sda and my > cds as /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd > > When I try to upgrade past 2.6.11, I get a kernel panic on boot. > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0) > > I have not paid much attention to the problem ( lack of time ) but I > would like to get this resolved as hald and udev act funny under 2.6.11, > so I compile a 2.6.14 kernel and I get the same error. > > I have also tried the default FC4 kernels and past 2.6.11 I get the same > problem, and I have it on more then one machine. I have it on base > installs after I do an upgrade. > > So I am assuming a driver was changed, or split, or something .. > > I can't paste the boot up log because it scrolls by too fast and the > file system does not mount so it can not save it any where. > > I suspect it is not finding/using the sata drive and hence the error. > > Anyone have any clues? > > I guess no one has seen this huh ...