hi all, i recently compiled linux 2.6.6 on debian.while booting the new linux kernel i'm getting the error message:
RAMDISK: image too big!(38180/8192blocks) VFS:cannot open root device "hda9" or unknown block (0,0) please append a correct "root="boot option kernel panic:VFS:unable to mount root fs on unknown - block(0,0)
plz help.
regards nikhil
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On 9/20/05, Nikhil Prabhakar prabhakar.nikhil@gmail.com wrote:
RAMDISK: image too big!(38180/8192blocks) VFS:cannot open root device "hda9" or unknown block (0,0) please append a correct "root="boot option kernel panic:VFS:unable to mount root fs on unknown - block(0,0)
Apparently you've tried to enable ramdisk image. Try disabling the same.
Also if you've not already done this, then please do append a "ro root=/dev/hda9" to your kernel parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst
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