software RAID? If so did you compile the Kernel with RAID support? if hardware Raid - same question - drivers for the hw compiled into the kernel???? my raid devices are /dev/md0, md1 ..... i'll keep thinking and post more .... On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:08:29 -0500, Tim Wilson <wilson at visi.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've got a Dell 1750 server running Debian that we use here at school. It's > a dual-Xeon box with RAID. > > I decided to give a 2.6 kernel a try on this server so I built the kernel > and configured lilo.conf to boot the new kernel. Actually, I used Debian's > make-kpkg tool to do most of the heavy lifting. Having learned my lesson > many years ago when I built my first custom kernel, I made sure that the old > working kernel was still an option in my LILO config. > > Unfortunately, neither kernel boots now. I'm getting: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or 08:01 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 > > I'd put a different "root=" boot option in there, but I'm not sure which > partition holds the root. My install notes are nowhere to be found, and I'm > not even sure that this machine uses the standard /dev/sdax naming given > that's it's using a RAID controller. > > Anyone have a suggestion? I'm at a loss right now. > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson > Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA > Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy > mailto: wilson at visi.com aim: tis270 public key: 0x8C0F8813 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list