Hi Sarath. Well first off I usually run make mrproper first and then make xconfig. I could be wrong (I'm a newbie too! :) When you ran make xconfig, did you enable the right file system? Did you enable initrd support? I think that's under Device Drivers->Block Devices->Ram Disk Support->initrd I bet it is the initrd thing? Do you even need the initrd? I don't use it. I just have root=/dev/hda2 anyway.. HTH. -stv -> -----Original Message----- -> From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx -> [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of -> Sarath Kamisetty -> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:26 PM -> To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx -> Subject: kernel panic with insmod errors -> -> Hi, -> -> I downloaded 2.6.10 kernel source tarball and compiled it -> successfully by doing the following: -> -> make xconfig -> make mrproper -> make dep -> make clean -> make bzImage -> make modules_install (this one dumped bunch of depmod: -> errors about some symbols but copied the files properly to -> /lib/modules/2.6.xxx/) cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xxx cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.xxx -> -> After that I have added an entry grub.conf file to point to -> my new kernel. However, I am not sure about the initrd line -> so I just left it unchanged (same as old entry I had already -> - so it was pointing to old initrd.img file still). -> -> After this when I rebooted, I chose the kernel that I just -> compiled from the GRUB menu but while booting it, there were -> few insmod errors and then kernel panics saying it was -> unable to mount the root fs (/). -> Is this because the new grub is pointing to old initrd line -> ? How do I make new initrd.img for the kernel I just -> compiled ? I have compiled the kernel with SCSI drivers -> builtin along with loop back support. How do I know whether -> all needed modules are compiled ? I see that some modules -> that I have compiled into the kernel also are failing with -> insmod before the kernel panics. -> -> Can someone help me out or point me to the proper news group -> ? Please let me know if you need more information. -> -> Thanks, -> Sarath -> -> -- -> 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/
