Bug 24643

Summary:	kernel panic(VFS),when installing beta2
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Bill Huang <bhuang>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	7.1	CC:	havill, twaugh
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	Florence RC-1
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2001-02-14 03:11:02 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Bill Huang 2001-01-22 21:03:29 UTC

(This bug is reported by Hitachi beta test team)
Test enviroment:
Hitachi FLORA 310LV LA1
Chipset:i810
Legacy Free,no PS2,Serial,Parallel,FD,only USB

During installation of beta2,kernel panic:

VFS : Cannot open root device "" or 08:41
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic:VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:41

BTW,Red Hat7J and Laser5 6.4 can be properly installed on the machine.
Hitachi FLORA serials:
http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/OSD/pc/index-j.htm

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-01-23 17:43:59 UTC

This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Release-Candidate #1

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2001-01-24 15:37:28 UTC

Does this error occur on the reboot of the system after a successful
installation? It looks like it is trying to boot with the root partition
on /dev/sdc9, which is NOT something that should occur during an installation.

Comment 3 Bill Huang 2001-01-24 16:34:24 UTC

I will make sure about this with Hitachi beta tester.

Comment 4 Bill Huang 2001-01-24 17:22:22 UTC

Depends on the report from Hitachi,the error occured at the beginning of
installation.If it is not a issue of anaconda.I think it is a issue of kernel.

Comment 5 Arjan van de Ven 2001-01-26 12:32:15 UTC

What type of installation device is this ?
USB cdrom, PCMCIA cdrom ?

Comment 6 Bill Huang 2001-01-26 16:06:13 UTC

I will confirm with Hitachi beta tester about installation device.Now I get a
little details message before kernel panic.

NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols : ICMP,UDP,TCP
IP: routing chache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux MET4.0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 08:41
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic:VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:41

Comment 7 Tim Waugh 2001-02-08 21:07:16 UTC

Do we know the installation device type yet?

Comment 8 Bill Huang 2001-02-08 21:14:28 UTC

Installation device is secondary IDE CDROM.

Comment 9 Bill Huang 2001-02-14 03:10:58 UTC

I got mail from Hitachi that the error was disappearred when Fisher was
installed.

Comment 10 Matt Wilson 2001-02-14 10:34:14 UTC

this was the e820 v/s e801 memory detection problem in syslinux.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 23588 ***