Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I've that particular dilemma solved. I started over today with 2.5.47. I ran into many of the same issues I had before, but I got it compiling and loading -- and then I ran into the same problem as before. By pure luck, I noticed some messages that were produced by my good configuration that led me to turn on the PROMISE PDC... drivers, which eliminated this problem. Pure luck. Isn't there a better way? I for one would rather not rely on pure luck. Does anyone know how to get a listing of drivers that are in use? I know you can use lsmod to get a list of modules, but I can't find anything to list drivers compiled into the kernel. Anyway, my next problem was that I had no keyboard control, but I got through that following instructions from the kernel.org mailing list. My problem now (I'm almost there...) is that when I try to boot into X-Windows, I get a black screen, so I think I don't have the right setup for my video controller. I plan on poking around some more tomorrow, but can anyone give me some idea of how I might find out what specific drivers are necessary under my old (working) configuration so I can just turn those drivers on in the new one? Thanks for any/all suggestions. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Lim" <jfsworld@fastmail.fm> To: "Mark Hamblin" <MarkHamblin@cox.net> Cc: "David Hawkins" <dwh@ovro.caltech.edu>; "Bernd Petrovitsch" <bernd@gams.at>; <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:38 PM Subject: Re: Trying to build 2.5.46 Could you try building ext3 into the kernel instead of as a module? the thing is, the kernel is not loading the partition somehow. (previously mentioned by Dave too) -jf On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:17:55 -0700, "Mark Hamblin" <MarkHamblin@cox.net> said: > 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/ > > -- "It's an extraordinary world!" - jfsworld <at> fastmail.fm -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. 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