Re: 2.6.16.41 & 2.6.18.7 OK, 2.6.19.5 NOT, 2.6.18.8 KERNELPANIC

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Feb 24 2007 - 23:22:25 EST


On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:44:20 +0100 Mario Vanoni wrote:

> 2.6.18.7 vanilla & 2.6.16.41 vanilla:
> /dev/hda CD/DVD
> /dev/hda1 / IDE HD 160GB
> /dev/hda2 swap
> /dev/sda1 /xyz SATA HD 320GB
> /dev/sda2 swap
> /dev/sdb1 /zzz SATA HD 320GB
> /dev/sdb2 swap
> /dev/sdc1 /usb USB KEY 512MB
> all 100% OK since 12-Dec-2006
>
> 2.6.19.5 vanilla:
> /dev/hda, /dev/hdb OK
>
> fsck 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
> /dev/sda1: clean 2960/125696 files, 12379/125692 blocks
> but /dev/sda1 is only partially mounted, du -hs says 33M
> ...
> /sbin/e2fsck: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdb1
> ...
> same for /dev/sdc1
> ...
> swapon: cannot stat /dev/sda2: No such file or directory
> same for /dev/sdb2,
> so only 2GB swap, not 6GB

For 2.6.19.*, does .config contain any CONFIG_ATA* entries?
FYI, in 2.6.19, CONFIG_SCSI_SATA* config symbols were renamed to
CONFIG_ATA*, so just using an oldconfig won't be sufficient
for SATA support.

> ---
> 2.6.18.8 vanilla: !!!
> screen eating leftmost characters, then
> kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(3,65)
> POWER SWITCH ultima ratio
> ---
>
> all 4 kernels same .config from 2.6.18.6,
> make oldconfig, Enter on all new questions
>
> AUSUS P4R800V, P4HT3400, 2GB mem
> Slackware 11.0, udev-105, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6,
> all ext2 4096 formated
>
> Rebooting 2.6.18.7 vanilla:
> all devices OK, 6GB swap
>
> FEEDBACK ONLY, _not_ in LMKL



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~Randy
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