On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Russ Cook wrote: > Hello! I have recently gotten a base system installed (Debian 1.3.1 from > 2-cd set). I am now trying to compile a custom kernel to get sound support > and IP Masquerading. The kernel package I'm trying to compile is 2.0.30. > I run Dos and OS/2 on machine as well, and I use the OS/2 boot manager. > Linux and OS/2 are on my SECOND scsi drive, and I have followed the How-To > to allow the OS/2 boot manager to invoke LILO, which then loads my Linux > kernel. All works fine with my base installation. > > My problem is with the custom kernel. I use make config, make dep, make > clean, then I compile, then I use make lilo_install (or something like > that, I'm not at my home machine right now). > > When I try to reboot, I get a kernel panic, with a message that VFS can't > mount the boot device 8:16. When make lilo-install completes, I get a > message about the boot device being 8:22. I can't provide more detail (or > accuracy), as I'm at work and the machine in question is at home. Any > constructive comments/suggestions are most welcome. I will try to get more > detail from the machine tonight and repost, if necessary.
Well this may be completely off the wall, but there's been a discussion here concerning the fact that /dev/sda16 and /dev/sdb both have the same major and minor numbers. They were having problems with the sixteenth partition (!) on scsi disk one. Perhaps your problem is related? Get rid of /dev/sda16 perhaps? -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
