Quoting Ryan Sablosky <rsabo5@xxxxxxxxx>: > Not sure if this helps, but anytime I had this error, it's because I > didn't compile the filesystem's driver into the kernel. > > On 4/30/05, A.M. Fradley <u2amf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I receive the boot error "kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: unable to mount > root > > FS on unknown-block (0, 0)" when I try to use a 2.6.11 kernel that I > compiled > > myself. I used: > > > > cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.11.7/ > > make oldconfig > > make bzImage > > make modules > > make modules_install > > make install > > > > The make oldconfig had been working with 2.6.9 but I wasn't sure whether > it > > copied the exiting config file from root itself or whether I had to do > that > > myself. I tried with and without copying the file just in case. make > > oldconfig still asked me a load of questions and since it had worked with > the > > previous versions I just pressed enter on each. I assume that makes it use > the > > defaults. I don't know much about what it's doing with the configs and it > had > > been working fine until now so I tried to just leavew the settings the > same. > > The only other thing I changed was the EXTRAVERSION in the makefile. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > > > I somehow fixed it by using 2.6.11.8 instead but I should probably know how to do that for future reference. Can you refer me to anywhere that would explain how to do that? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
