On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:28:58AM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > I can't get a make-kpkg kernel to boot. It can't mount the root fs. Note > I am using initrd and compiled make-kpkg with --initrd. One difference > I notice with the stock kernel and mine is: > > # locate ext3 > /initrd/lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3 > /initrd/lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o > /lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3 > /lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o > /lib/modules/2.4.17mfcf/kernel/fs/ext3 > /lib/modules/2.4.17mfcf/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o > > > Perhaps this accounts for the difference in behaviour, i.e. 2.4.17-686 boots > but mine 2.4.17mfcf does not? Gives a VHS kernel panic message to the effect > it can't mount the root file system. Note I am using ext3 on the root > > in the fstab I put in ext3,ext2 for the type. >
Can it not mount the initrd root, or the main root? If it can't mount the initrd root, maybe you forgot ramdisk/initrd support. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'