On 4 Dec 2011 at 23:04Z, martu wrote:
Had the kernel panic too when configuring my kernel. For me it was that the driver for my SATA-controller in "Device Drivers->Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers" didn't work correctly (or was the wrong one). With the driver in "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED)" it worked for me. So check if you really have the correct driver for your SATA-controller compiled in or try the deprecated driver.
I have an nvidia motherboard and disabling the nvidia driver under “Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers” stopped machine from booting with a kernel panic, good, I am pretty sure therefore that it’s the correct driver. I tried replacing it with the deprecated drivers, but wasn’t sure which one to enable—I enabled all the generic looking ones, but couldn’t see any kind of nvidia driver. What should I be looking for? Thanks. S