I have a 2.4.18 compiled kernel that has a kernel panic and stops dead. It is complaining that the root= is incorrect and that hdc7 is not root. However the 2.4.17 does boot normally and I cannot see any reason why 2.4.18 complains.
I am using grub and have for a long time here is the menu.lst # # /boot/grub/menu.lst - generated by Lizard # # options timeout = 5 # splashscreen = (hd0,7)/boot/message.col31 default = 1 title = Linux-2.4.13 root = (hd0,7) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.13-modular vga=normal root=/dev/hdc7 initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.13.gz title = Linux-2.4.17 root = (hd0,7) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17 vga=normal hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi root=/dev/hdc7 initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.17.gz title = Linux-2.4.18 root = (hd0,7) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-1 vga=normal root=/dev/hdc7 initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.18.gz title = Windows chainloader = (hd0,0)+1 -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
