I'm trying to revive an older Lenovo. It has worked in the past.
Here is the kernel panic error (3 lines)...
VFS: Cannot open device "801" or unknown-block (8,1): error -6
Please append a correct "root=" boot option: here are the available partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root on unknown-block (8,1)
I've pulled in a working configuration from an old backup, so it
should work. I'm also listing "fdisk -l", "ll /boot", and
/etc/lilo.conf (the machine is too old for UEFI). Any ideas?
===========================================================================
Disk /dev/sda: 74.53 GiB, 80026361856 bytes, 156301488 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD800BEVS-08
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x16cab3f2
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 134219775 134217728 64G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 134219776 156301487 22081712 10.5G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
===========================================================================
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:34 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Apr 25 03:16 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 18:57 .keep
-rw------- 1 root root 165376 Jul 24 06:34 .map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3806788 Jul 24 06:30 System.map.experimental
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3806788 Jul 24 06:31 System.map.production
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jul 24 05:38 boot.0800
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106972 Jul 24 06:30 config.experimental
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106972 Jul 24 06:31 config.production
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7596800 Jul 24 06:30 kernel.experimental
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7596800 Jul 24 06:31 kernel.production
===========================================================================
# Faster, but won't work on all systems:
#compact
# Should work for most systems, and do not have the sector limit:
lba32
# If lba32 do not work, use linear:
#linear
# MBR to install LILO to:
boot = /dev/sda
map = /boot/.map
install = /boot/boot-menu.b # Note that for lilo-22.5.5 or later you
# do not need boot-{text,menu,bmp}.b in
# /boot, as they are linked into the lilo
# binary.
menu-scheme=Wb
prompt
# If you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout:
timeout=150
delay = 50
#
# End LILO global section
#
#
# Linux bootable partition config begins
#
image = /boot/kernel.production
root = /dev/sda1
label = Production
read-only # read-only for checking
append = "noexec=on net.ifnames=0 intel_pstate=disable ipv6.disable=1"
image = /boot/kernel.experimental
root = /dev/sda1
label = Experimental
read-only # read-only for checking
append = "noexec=on net.ifnames=0 intel_pstate=disable ipv6.disable=1"
#
# Linux bootable partition config ends
#
===========================================================================
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
Here is the kernel panic error (3 lines)...
VFS: Cannot open device "801" or unknown-block (8,1): error -6
Please append a correct "root=" boot option: here are the available partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root on unknown-block (8,1)
I've pulled in a working configuration from an old backup, so it
should work. I'm also listing "fdisk -l", "ll /boot", and
/etc/lilo.conf (the machine is too old for UEFI). Any ideas?
===========================================================================
Disk /dev/sda: 74.53 GiB, 80026361856 bytes, 156301488 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD800BEVS-08
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x16cab3f2
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 134219775 134217728 64G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 134219776 156301487 22081712 10.5G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
===========================================================================
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:34 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Apr 25 03:16 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 18:57 .keep
-rw------- 1 root root 165376 Jul 24 06:34 .map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3806788 Jul 24 06:30 System.map.experimental
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3806788 Jul 24 06:31 System.map.production
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jul 24 05:38 boot.0800
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106972 Jul 24 06:30 config.experimental
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106972 Jul 24 06:31 config.production
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7596800 Jul 24 06:30 kernel.experimental
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7596800 Jul 24 06:31 kernel.production
===========================================================================
# Faster, but won't work on all systems:
#compact
# Should work for most systems, and do not have the sector limit:
lba32
# If lba32 do not work, use linear:
#linear
# MBR to install LILO to:
boot = /dev/sda
map = /boot/.map
install = /boot/boot-menu.b # Note that for lilo-22.5.5 or later you
# do not need boot-{text,menu,bmp}.b in
# /boot, as they are linked into the lilo
# binary.
menu-scheme=Wb
prompt
# If you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout:
timeout=150
delay = 50
#
# End LILO global section
#
#
# Linux bootable partition config begins
#
image = /boot/kernel.production
root = /dev/sda1
label = Production
read-only # read-only for checking
append = "noexec=on net.ifnames=0 intel_pstate=disable ipv6.disable=1"
image = /boot/kernel.experimental
root = /dev/sda1
label = Experimental
read-only # read-only for checking
append = "noexec=on net.ifnames=0 intel_pstate=disable ipv6.disable=1"
#
# Linux bootable partition config ends
#
===========================================================================
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications