On Friday 09 November 2007, venkatram ajmeera wrote: > For Compilation of Linux-2.6.18 kernel > I follwed these steps > > 1.Extracetd the source. > 2.Copied it to home dir > 3.Make mrproper > 4.Make menuconfig > 5.Make > 6.Make modules_install > 7.Make install > > UPTO these steps No errors occurred. > > After this I am uable to reboot with new linux 2.6 kenrel > during reboot linux2.6 kernel panic is happening. > > *VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL/" or unknown-block(0,0)* > *Please append the a correct "root" =boot option* > *Kernel panic -not syncing:VFS:unable to mount root fs on unknown - > block (0,0)* This is a common problem and usually means one of two things: 1. the hardware and filesystem drivers on your / partition are compiled as modules and you do not have them in your initrd, or 2. You did not rerun mkinitrd after installing a new kernel. As you use Red Hat, I suspect #2 alan -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
