What errors do you get when running lilo? Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Ron Marriage <marriage at seidata.com >To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 01:10:18 -0500 >Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.1 distro >I had installed as XFS file system. >Mandrake by default does an ext2, but I think I did install >for that and other journilized systems. >Yes, ran lilo and it boots but stops with the errors. >I have been told I can't do make oldconfig, because >mandrake uses a customized kernel and includes many options >not found in a standard source kernel. >If anyone knows differently about this, I'd appreciate >knowing about it. >Thanks >Ron >Thomas Ward wrote: >> Couple of things here to think about. Did you include support in your kernel >>for the file system that your Linux system is installed to. As I recall >>Mandrake 8.1 uses ext3 by default. >>Also did you update your boot loader to reflect the new kernel? >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: Ron Marriage <marriage at seidata.com >>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:08 PM >>Subject: Mandrake 8.1 distro >>> Downloaded a new kernel from kernel.org and installed it. >>>kernel 2.4.17 >>>Did, make mrproper, make config, make dep, make bzImage, >>>make modules, make modules install. >>>I copied /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to >>>/boot/vmlinuz >>>I copied the speakup map to /boot >>>Didn't get any errors durring any steps. >>> I rebooted and the system started talking but ended with >>> unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent >>>kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:06 >>> anyone have a suggestion >>>Thanks >>>Ron >>> -- >>>Ron Marriage >>>Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/ >>>Email mailto:marriage at seidata.com >>>Linux User Group http://www.seidata.com/~seilug/ >>>Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>>Speakup mailing list >>>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> _______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >-- >Ron Marriage >Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/ >Email mailto:marriage at seidata.com >Linux User Group http://www.seidata.com/~seilug/ >Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
