Am 15.03.2008 00:15, Arun Dev schrieb:
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> I just installed a basic etch 4.0r3 and got it updated.
>
> Then got the kernel 2.4.19 and compiled it the old-way:
> [...]
> Web-search says either problem of switching to udev or broken
> Grub. It can't be the former, because that transition was already
> done in etch. Then I "repaired" Grub menu.lst /dev/hda2 should
> be /dev/sda2 and in fstab too hda should be sda.
>
> Still the problem persists, booting stops "Waiting for root
> device"..

Forgot to mention that, in Grub I'm using the initrd which was there,
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-486, in case if this is relevant.

Thx
Arun