----- Original Message ----- From: "Ravi Kumar Munnangi" <munnangi_ivar@yahoo.com> To: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:49 PM Subject: kernel panic:I have no root and I want to scream > Iam using Redhat linux 2.4.18-14 > Now I want to reconfigure the kernel. > > I have download the linux 2.4.18 from ftp:kernel.org > > Ihave put the file in /home/cs0205/ > There itself I unzipped the file. > Then I saw a new directory /home/cs0205/linux > then cd /home/cs0205/linux > make mrproper > > I then copied /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/defconfig > to /home/cs0205/linux-2.4/arch/i386/defconfig > This I have done to have the same configuration as my > current sytem is having. > > make oldconfig > > make dep > make clean > make bzImage > make modules > make modules_install > > then, > cp /home/cs0205/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 > cp /home/cs0205/linux/System.map > /boot/System.map-2.4.18 > > I have then changed my /etc/lilo.conf file as follows > prompt > timeout=50 > default=linux_new > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > message=/boot/message > linear > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img > read-only > append="root=LABEL=/" > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 > label=linux_new > read-only > append="root=LABEL=/" > > > Then /sbin/lilo > > when I tried booting with the new kernel image, its > stopping after giving the message, > > request_module[scsi_hostadapter]:Root fs not mounted > > > kernel panic:I have no root I want to scream > > > > please help me!!!!!!!!! > > Thankyou! > for reading the mail patiently! > > Create a initrd image for your new kernel, It is required for SCSI driver modules to load at boot time. assuming you are using RedHad Linux 8.0, see the link. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/s1-cust om-kernel-initrd.html see this for more information on mkinitrd http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Kernel -HOWTO.html The easier solution is to compile the SCSI driver in the kernel and not as a module. anup -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
