Has anyone used the rpm package on a redhat 6.2 system?

[Judd Tracy]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Robert Sand wrote:

> 
> I am not getting the kernel to boot on my VALinux server with the real RedHat
> 6.2 distribution.  When I try to boot it I get these errors:
> 
> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:07
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs 08:07

This sounds to me like the drivers (ide or scsi) are modules, and of 
course you can't mount the root device if the modules can't be loaded.  I
had a similar problem when I recompiled the kernel and made the scsi
driver modules without realizing the root partition was on a scsi drive.
 
> It is in Lilo correctely but when the rpm package was installed with the -U
> option I get this error message and the rpm upgrade stops:
> 
> package sound.o not found in file index
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
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