On Sunday 07 January 2001 02:25, you wrote:
> I remember seeing some messages (here?) not too long ago about "kernel
> panic: VFS unable to mount root filesystem" and builds of kernel-2.4.0.
> Well, I just built this kernel and get this when I try to boot it up.
>
> I don't have the messages anymore - they weren't applicable to anything I
> was doing at the time but now I wish I had kept a few. Can anyone
> enlighten me as to any special considerations when building 2.4.0 that I
> may be missing that might be causing this problem?
>
> The kernel and all modules built just fine and I really didn't select
> anything wierd - just a few more modules that were available vs the 2.2.x
> kernels and certainly nothing wierd concerning file systems.
>
> My partitions are ext2.
Check the architecture you built for and the compiler you used.... For this
purpose, 2.96 seems to work better, and it is wise to build 386 kernels and
assure they work before trying the more advanced architectures. Some of the
effects on timing are... interesting.
Civileme
