Hi... On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Stephen Roberts <sroberts82k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (Reposting without attachment in case it got filtered out - apologies) > > Hi guys, > I have tried to compile the source for 2.6.28 and not changed any code. I > took just the defaults for the config (I suspect the config is the issue...) > and did: > > make > make modules > make modules_install > mkinitrd -o initrdsteo.img-2.6.28 2.6.28 hmm, i checked man page of mkinitrd and didn't find "-o" option. Are you sure you used that option? > and then added it to grub like so: > > title Steos Dev Kernel > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28 root=UUID=fa619a11-1e18-4044- > aada-f953cb31d195 ro single > initrd /boot/initrdsteo.img-2.6.28 > > When I boot up, I am getting a panic: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > SCSI Subsystem initialized > Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > umount: devfs: not mounted > /scripts/ext-3-add-journal.sh: 27: arithmetic expression: Expecting EOF: > "0x" > mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs' > /sbin/init: 426: arithmetic expression: Expecting EOF: "0x" > Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempting to kill init! to the best I know, devfs is no longer used. udev is used as device file name maintainer (don't know the exact official name, that's how I name it). Check your config file....better to do: make mproper make defconfig --> this one to generate default config suited for current kernel version > > Aside: Is it possible to get this output on dmesg after subsequently booting > up a working kernel? Or is it gone by this stage? Or, as it seems it has no > access to a filesystem, it wouldn't even be able to save them anywhere > anyway? i think it's gone, because syslogd doesn't have a chance to grab it and save it to disk. Probably netconsole could help here. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
