> > --- Xeno Campanoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > > > > As my subject line indicates, I'm getting the > > diagnostic: > > > > > > > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs > > on 01:00 > > > > > > > > when I try to boot up with my home grown kernel. > > I've tried several > > > > things with lilo on this, but I'm stumped. rdev > > indicates the root > > > > partition is /dev/hda1, which is what I expect, > > and I seem to have good > > > > lilo entries, as follows: > > > > > > > > image=/vmlinuz > > > > label=Linux > > > > read-only > > > > initrd=/boot/initrd > > > > Okay, you were right about initrd. I took that > > out and it > > works. Thank you. > > > <<SNIP>> > > Now, I'm really confused. I haven't been able to get > any of the 2.4.x debian kernel packages to boot and > everything I had read previously in the list archives > indicated that the initrd line was necessary for 2.4.x > kernels. I never had any problems with 2.0.x or 2.2.x > kernels. >
I never tried a 2.4.x kernel and I do not know if there is a default configuration for the 2.4.x debian kernel packages. In case there is none, could it be that you are expected to have ram disk support when configuring the 2.4.x debian kernel? And since you were asking, why won't you add more details about what you have done and where does the booting process stop? > > ===== > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hacking is a "Good Thing!" > See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka (replace these parenthesis with @) bezeqint, delete the comma and the white space characters and add .net
