[plug] Migrating from kernel 2.4.x to 2.6.x

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

When I started self-compiling kernels, nearly always the reason it 
panicked on me was because I either forgot to compile in the controller 
card for the IDE interface or the filesystem of the root device (be it 
ext3, reiserfs...).

With a precompiled kernel, I would double check that if those options 
aren't compiled in, that the initrd has them otherwise it'll panic. I 
would find it hard for example to mount /dev/sda3 as a reiserfs 
filesystem if I didn't know about reiserfs!

Tomasz

Meryon Montgomery wrote:
> Hi all,  Just a quick question, I have a server running debian sarge and 
> the 2.4.x series kernel. The machine in question is equipped with SATA 
> drives and whenever I try to transition to a 2.6.x (2.6.8 I think) 
> kernel, i always get kernel panic. I've tried  changing the drive 
> settings in menu.lst, fstab and mtab from hda to sda and so forth. Is 
> there anything else to try?
> 
> I've done a fair bit of googling but nothing thats turned up has worked.
> 
> Thanks Monts
> 
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