On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 05:13:01PM -0600, Russ Cook wrote: > I'm running a stock 2.6.12 kernel (2.6.12-1-amd64-k8-smp) on an > ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. Processor is AMD64 4800 dual > core, with 4 MB ram. I'm trying to compile and > install kernel 2.6.14.4. To start, I copied the same .config file > from the 2.6.12 kernel, went through the usual make-kpkg clean, > menuconfig, kernel-image process, changing nothing in the .config > file. After installing using dpkg -i and rebooting, I get a kernel panic > because VFS can't mount the root partition (hda1). I'm using Grub. > The 2.6.12 kernel boots fine, and I used the same .config file. My hard > disk is a Maxtor ATA. Can anyone offer pointers to check? I don't > understand why one should boot, and the other won't. I'll be happy to > send .config > file on request. Check for existence and contents of initrd.img corresponding to your new kernel.
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