Hi guys.. I'm having some weird problems when I try to reboot after compiling a kernel to suit my hardware. I've compiled linux kernels in debian several times before but I recently installed Debian Potato on a new intel box. In order to be as detailed as possible I've included some files at the bottom of the message(mainly the .config file I used to compile the kernel)so if the message's length is too long then I apologize.
First of all, this is a list of all the actions I took before rebooting #cd /usr/src/linux #make menuconfig #make dep #make clean #make bzImage #make modules (Then I moved /lib/modules/2.2.17 to /lib/modules/2.2.17.old) #make modules_install (Then I moved /boot/System.map and /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 likewise) #cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/map #cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage (I changed the symlinks /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old to reflect the changes in /boot) I edited /etc/lilo.conf to add a new block for /boot/bzImage) #/sbin/lilo No lilo errors popped up so I rebooted and once it came time for the new boot process I got this error.. VFS: Cannot open root device 16:01 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 16:01 To try to fix things I tried to reboot with the boot floppy I made when I initially installed Debian but I get a *lot* of module dependencies problems(I'm assuming because of /lib/modules/2.2.17.old )but one which just won't go away and blocks the login process is modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1 Before I attach the .config file let me say that this computer booted up fine before compiling a new kernel and that I've tried to boot into single user mode but that won't work either because of the module problems. Can someone please point out what I did wrong and how I can correct it. If it's not reparable then what steps do I need to take once I reinstall and before I reboot with the new kernel. Thanks in advance. ---------------------------------------------- Here's what's in my /usr/src/linux/.config # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y # # Processor type and features # # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set # CONFIG_M586 is not set # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set CONFIG_M686=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_1GB=y # CONFIG_2GB is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_MTRR=y # CONFIG_SMP is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set # CONFIG_KMOD is not set # # General setup # CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y # CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y # CONFIG_MCA is not set # CONFIG_VISWS is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y # CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set # CONFIG_APM is not set # # Plug and Play support # # CONFIG_PNP is not set # # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=m # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82C586 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD646 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set # # Additional Block Devices # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set # # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_NETLINK=y # CONFIG_RTNETLINK is not set CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set # CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y # # (it is safe to leave these untouched) # # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set # # # # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # CONFIG_X25 is not set # CONFIG_LAPB is not set # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set # CONFIG_LLC is not set # CONFIG_ECONET is not set # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set # CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set # # QoS and/or fair queueing # # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set # # Telephony Support # # CONFIG_PHONE is not set # # SCSI support # # CONFIG_SCSI is not set # # I2O device support # # CONFIG_I2O is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y # # ARCnet devices # # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set CONFIG_DUMMY=m # CONFIG_BONDING is not set # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set # # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set CONFIG_RTL8139=m # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set # CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set # # Ethernet (1000 Mbit) # # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set CONFIG_PPP=m # # CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules. # # CONFIG_SLIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set # # Token ring devices # # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set # # Wan interfaces # # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set # CONFIG_COSA is not set # CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP is not set # CONFIG_LANMEDIA is not set # CONFIG_COMX is not set # CONFIG_HDLC is not set # CONFIG_DLCI is not set # CONFIG_SBNI is not set # # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set # # IrDA (infrared) support # # CONFIG_IRDA is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 CONFIG_PRINTER=m # CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK is not set CONFIG_MOUSE=y # # Mice # # CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set # # Joysticks # # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set # CONFIG_RTC is not set # # Video For Linux # # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set # CONFIG_DTLK is not set # # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # # Filesystems # # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=m CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set CONFIG_UFS_FS=m # CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set # # Network File Systems # # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFSD=m # CONFIG_NFSD_SUN is not set CONFIG_SUNRPC=m CONFIG_LOCKD=m # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set # # Partition Types # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437" # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_FB is not set # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=m # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set