The messages may have been logged in /var/log/messages. The normal kernel build process I use is something like: cd /usr/src/linux-<version> make xconfig edit Makefile to add new extension to kernel name make clean make dep make bzImage make modules cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-<version> cp System.map /boot/System.map-<version> make modules_install mkinitrd /boot/initrd-<version>.img <version> edit /boot/grub/grub.conf I'm not a kernel building guru myself, but maybe the order here is required. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Hamblin [mailto:MarkHamblin@cox.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:12 AM > To: David Hawkins; Bernd Petrovitsch; kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: Re: Trying to build 2.5.46 > > > I did the mkinitrd to create a new image (mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.5.46.img > 2.5.46). I then edited the initrd accordingly in grub.conf. As for my > setup, I know my primary controller is indeed a Promise SCSI/IDE > controller. > And lines 13-16 do represent my original working configuration. When I > rebooted, I got the same error as before. There is some > information leading > up to this that may also be useful. Are these messages logged somewhere? > If so, I can post that and that might help. Also, I was playing > with a lot > of configuration options without really knowing what I was doing, so is it > possible I screwed up something there? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernd Petrovitsch" <bernd@gams.at> > To: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:53 AM > Subject: Re: Trying to build 2.5.46 > > > > [ fixed TOFU quoting ] > > > > "Usman S. Ansari" <uansari@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >--- Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@gams.at> wrote: > > >> "Mark Hamblin" <MarkHamblin@cox.net> wrote: > > >> >13 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-3) > > >> >14 root (hd0,0) > > >> >15 kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hde2 > > >> >16 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img > > >> >17 title Red Hat Linux (2.5.46) > > >> >18 root (hd0,0) > > >> >19 kernel /bzImage-2.5.46 ro root=/dev/hde2 > > >> >20 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img > > >> > > > >> >I added lines 17-20. Note that I use bzImage instead of > vmlinuz. I'm > not > > >> >sure about that. I also don't know if I should modify the initrd > line. > > >> > > >> Line 20 as of above is definitely wrong. Either you create an initrd > > >> for your kernel version or (which is probably the simpler thing) is > > >> compile all drivers statically into kernel which are necessary to > > >> mount / (the root filesystem), i.e. usually the IDE or SCSI driver > > >> and the filesystem driver (ext2, ext3, or whatever) and delete line > > >> 20 from above. > > > > >On line 15 and 19, are you sure it is /dev/hde, which means > that (correct > me i > > >f wrong), your > > > > I assumed line 13-16 is the original working boot configuration. > > > > >harddisk is 5th ide device on your system. Usually > motherboards only have > supp > > >ort for 4 ide device. > > > > Actually I have here a motherboard (Asus A7V) which a primary VIA IDE > > controller and a secondary/external/"SCSI" Promise IDE controller. > > So yes, having hda-hdh is actually quite possible. > > > > Bernd > > > > -- > > Bernd Petrovitsch Email : bernd@gams.at > > g.a.m.s gmbh Fax : +43 1 205255-900 > > Prinz-Eugen-Straße 8 A-1040 Vienna/Austria/Europe > > LUGA : http://www.luga.at > > > > > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
