On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:03, Mike Ramsey wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using Mandrake Linux since version 7 and have loved all but > one thing about it. I have yet to be able to compile a kernel on > Mandrake. I have successfully compiled kernels on Debian, Slackware, > Red-Hat, and various other systems but never successful on Mandrake. > Every time i have tried it has failed due to Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable > to mount root fs on 16:05. In case the line above that has any > significance it reads ds: No Socket Drivers Loaded! Some may say that > this is due to incorrect modules selected during compilation but this is > not true in my case because i have left the default Mandrake 9 kernel > sources in /usr/src/linux and then extracted the 2.4.20 sources in > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 i then cd into /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 and did make > oldconfig > > This should have built the 2.4.20 kernel using the .config file from the > Mandrake sources which would have basically enabled everything and left > my system in a working status.
I hesitate to try and give advice to anyone (I usually need it!) but are the appropriate modules being loaded - are you using an appropriate initrd? I know that "make install" will build that for you but not everyone uses that step David -- Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur
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