[ale] Re: 2.3.18 kernel not able to mount root file system

[CaT]

On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 02:12:14AM -0400, Steven A. DuChene at VA Linux Systems wrote:
> OK, I am trying to test the latest 2.3 kernel on my spare
> (read not 100% critical) server but when the kernel boots
> after finding the IDE hard drive as well as the various
> scsi drives in the system, it lists all the available
> partitions on the scsi and the ide drives but then fails
> to mount the root file system on the IDE drive. The last
> message prior to the "unable to mount root fs on 03:01
> is "Found PIIX4 ACPI device at 4000"   Has anyone
> else been experimenting with the 2.3 kernels and seen this
> sort of problem? The version I am trying is 2.3.18

More information from someone who accidentally compiled the
kernel without DMA support (ie me :). It works fine without
DMA but the above problem happens WITH DMA.

> I will try turning off the probe for the PIIX4 ACPI device
> tomorrow evening to see if that makes any difference.

Ditto for me, later today.

> I can try to include the bootup messages or the linux/.config
> file from the 2.3 kernel source tree somehow if anyone is
> interested.

Ditto.

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