[Linux-disciples] Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

[karl sokol]

I have been spending the last week trying to upgrade
to 2.6.6 from 2.2.20-idepci on my debian machine.  I
continually get "Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(0,0)".  That is, except for once, when
it in fact worked (as checked with uname -a). 
Unfortunately, I do not know how I had things set up. 
I then went and changed some of the modules (make
menuconfig; make; make modules install) and I am back
to Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0).  I
learned a valuable lesson about documentation.  I have
done a bazillion different combinations of modules to
no luck.  I have done a very thorough google search,
including a rather disheartening 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg11005.html
to no avail.  

My scrambled mind thinks that when it worked, I had
compiled the kernel repeating a step twice, per
something that I read on a web-site.  I have not been
able to find that site. 

It is undoubtedly connected to the rather early
problem of...
"Setting up kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 (2.6.6-1) ...
ldd: /lib/ld-linux.so.2 exited with unknown exit code
(139)
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7
(--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error
exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
(1)
Ack!  Something bad happened while installing
packages.  Trying to recover:
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 (2.6.6-1) ...
ldd: /lib/ld-linux.so.2 exited with unknown exit code
(139)
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7
(--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error
exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7"

What puzzles me is how I got it to work at all.

Any ideas? 


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Grace and peace,
Karl


		
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