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 -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc