On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 15:58, David Hawkins wrote: > Try and find out what error 6 means ... errno 6 = "No such device or address" What does your fstab look like? > > Init can't be found since ext3 didn't mount ... > > Grep through the ext3 source I guess. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org > > [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org]On Behalf Of Mark Hamblin > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 1:18 PM > > To: David Hawkins; Bernd Petrovitsch; kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > > Subject: Re: Trying to build 2.5.46 > > > > > > I can't find any of this in any log file, so I typed the last few lines in > > manually. The first error I see is when mount returns error 6. > > From these > > errors, it looks like it has trouble mounting root with ext3. Ext3 is in > > the config as a module (I attached .config). Ext2 is in the > > config as part > > of the kernel. > > > > ... > > Freeing initrd memory. 107k freed > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > Red Hat nash version 3.3.10 starting > > Loading ext3 module > > Mounting /proc filesystem > > Creating root device > > Mounting root filesystem > > mount: error 6 mounting ext3 > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 > > Freeing unused kernel memory. 124k freed > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Hawkins" <dwh@ovro.caltech.edu> > > To: "Mark Hamblin" <MarkHamblin@cox.net>; "Bernd Petrovitsch" > > <bernd@gams.at>; <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:44 PM > > Subject: RE: Trying to build 2.5.46 > > > > > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- K.R. 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