Thanks Net Llama, You were right, it was something to do with using make oldconfig. I tried it from scratch using xconfig and no kernel panic happened. Now I just need to figure out the right choices when doing it. I had no idea it was so detailed.
> Going from 2.4.8 to 2.4.17 is a fairly significant upgrade, and I know > that some kernel options changed along the way. On top of that, you'll > most likely need to upgrade some of the items in > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes . > > I think the safest thing to do is not use an old (and questionable) > config file. THe only way to learn is to do it from scratch. > > --- Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I see those errors as it boots up. > > I didn't look to see if devfs was turned on. I copied the .config from > > > > /usr/src/linux to /root/linux where I was doing the new kernel and > > used make > > oldconfig to make sure it had the same parameters as the original > > kernel, > > which works fine. > > I am running Mandrake8.1 with kernel 2.4.8-26mdk and am trying to get > > kernel > > 2.4.17 to work. This is all on ext2. > > > > > You're seeing those errors at boot?? That looks quite odd to say > > > > the > > > > > least, especially 'creating root device'. Did you turn on devfs > > > perchance (a bad idea, especially for someone inexperienced with > > > > kernel > > > > > builds). Some info additional info here would be useful, such as > > > > which > > > > > kernel you've been running, which version your'e trying to build > > > > etc. > > > > > What kind of filesystem / sits on (ext2, ext3, Reiser, XFS). > > > > > > --- Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have been trying to compile a newer kernel and now I get a > > > > Kernel > > > > > > panic > > > > error on boot. I should note that this was my first attempt at > > > > kernels, also > > > > I can boot just fine with the original kernel. The error is: > > > > > > > > creating root device > > > > mkrootdev: mknod failed: 17 > > > > mounting root filesystem with flags noatime > > > > mount: error 16 mounting ext2 flgs noatime > > > > well, retrying without the option flags > > > > mount: error 16 mounting ext2 > > > > well, retrying read-only without any flag > > > > mount: error 16 mounting ext2 > > > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot//initrd) failed: 2 > > > > remounting devfs at correct place if necessary > > > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed > > > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > > > > > > > > I really don't know where I went wrong. I even did the kernel with > > > > 'make > > > > oldconfig' to make sure the parameters were the same. Any help > > > > would > > > > > > be > > > > greatly appreciated. > > ===== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > . > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe > info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
