On 18 Oct 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote: > John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > I have the Mandrake 6.1 withe the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. My computer has a > > K5 processor. i recently recompiled the kernel using the following > > commands: > > make xconfig > > make dep > > make modules > > make modules_install > > make install > > > > When I go to boot the new kernel, the computer begins to load the kernel > > and crashes. The following is where my computer crashes at: > > Partion check: > > request_module [ide-disk]: Root fs not found > > hda: driver not present You need 'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y' in your .config The problem is your ide-disk is a module, and you do not have an initrd. > > VFS: Cannnot open root device 03:08 > > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:08 > > > > Fortunately I left my old kernel in lilo.conf so I just rebooted the old > > kernel. This boots with no problems. I tried to delete the modules > > from /lib and rerun Make modules_install, but I still get the same > > hangup when I boot the new kernel. Any ideas? > > > What does your /etc/lilo.conf look like? Here's mine: > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > prompt > timeout=50 > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 > label=linux > root=/dev/hda5 > read-only > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > table=/dev/hda > > I suspect the problem is that you don't have anything for > the /root= in the new kernel module. IIRC, isn't the K5 a > 486-class CPU? I think you're lucky it's working at all! > John > My LILO.conf reads the similar. Root=/dev/hda8 this is my root partition. > I'm wonering if my last command, make install, which I use to automatically > install the newly compiled kernel is the reason for the problem. It replaces > the system map also. I have some success and some failures when using this > command. > I have the same version of linux on a dell with a 133Mhz Pentium and it runs > slower than my 133Mhz K5. I am very pleased with the K5 chip.(as archaeic as > it is) This chip has yet to give me any hassle. I'm not sure if it is a 486 > class chip or not. But it is much better than the earlier pentiums. And > works wonderfully with every distribution of linux I have tried. No > complaints. > Anyways, I'm going to try to recompile the kernel again without using the make > install command and see if I can manually transfer the kernel and if that > solves the problem. I don't really know. Anymore ideas? > Thanx, > SA > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com. > -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
