On Jan 7, 2008 8:24 PM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mani A wrote:
> > The kernel upgrade from the original *18* to *53* kernel causes boot
> > failure in my ACER aspire 4520 laptop (64-bit AMD).
>
> What is the failure saying?
It cannot find swap and cannot mount root and there ends the matter.
therefore
"kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!"


>
> > It is due to the hard disk driver change. Can any option be passed to
> > the upgraded kernel ?
> > I have both kernels installed now.
> > all_generic_hda does not work.
> >
>
> What type of controller and/or hard drives are they?
> If there is a setting for the controller in the BIOS, what is it set to?
>

Sorry the option for Kubuntu-7.10 is all_generic_ide (else it would not boot).


The hard disk is a Toshiba 160 GB SATA drive
Bios options - AHCI or IDE (I tried both)

  SysFS ID: /block/sda
  SysFS BusID: 2:0:0:0
  Model: "TOSHIBA MK1637GS"
  Vendor: "TOSHIBA"
  Device: "MK1637GS"
  Revision: "DL05"
  Driver: "ahci", "sd"
  Driver Modules: "ahci"
  Device File: /dev/sda
  Attached to: #25 (SATA controller)

Best

A. Mani


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