Hi,

The problem is indeed with labels. In kernel 2.6.21 with Fedora 7, the
devices are named as sda rather than hda/hdb. In a way this is more
consistent. By using labels in /etc/fstab and grub.conf, we need not
worry about the actual device names.

The swap file entry had to be changed in the /etc/fstab.

Such techniques can easily evolve into a continuous evolution of a
distribution, never requiring a very disruptive upgrade.

Regards
Anil

On 6/24/07, Anil Seth <seth.anil@...> wrote:

>
> One problem though - the new kernel is panicking as it can't find root
> at /dev/hda5. Fortunately, the system is working fine with the earlier
> kernel. There
> must be a simple solution to this problem...not found it though. The
> post above
(http://www.ioncannon.net/linux/68/upgrading-from-fc6-to-fedora7-with-yum/)
emphasises lables - may be I need to do that.
>