Am Die, den 03.02.2004 schrieb Ashish Samant um 15:35: > Hi... > > I was trying to compile and install a new kernel, from a clean kernel > source (2.4.20). But looks like I messed up some step and now I cant boot > with the new kernel. I can however get back to my old one.I am going to > try redoing the whole thing, but not quite sure, what should I do > differently. > > Could anybody tell me what could have gone wrong with my last attempt ? I > got the following error when I tried to boot the new kernel : > > ............. > VFS : cannot open root device "Label=/1" OR 00:00 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic :VFS Unable to mount fs on 00:00 > ....... > > What does that above statement mean ? > If it would help, here is my lilo.conf > > ........ > timeout=50 > default=Windows98 > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > message=/boot/message > lba32 > > #the new kernel > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-ph > label=2.4.20-ph > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-ph.img > read-only > append="hdc=ide-scsi root=LABEL=/1" > > #existing, which boots fine > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 > label=RedHat(hda3) > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img > read-only > append="hdc=ide-scsi root=LABEL=/1" > > other=/dev/hda1 > optional > label=Windows98(hda1) > .......... > > It will be great if somebody could tell me what did I botch, so that I can > avoid it the next time around :). ( Not sure, what other info should I > post here) > > Thanks again for your time, > > Ashish. > Hi Ashish, the Label thing is just another way to address your partitions, see man e2label. My first guess would be you missed to compile the filesystem support for your root-filesystem, or you compiled ist just as module, in this case you need an initrd (initial ramdisk), see man mkinitrd. Type mount in a shell and check which filesystem your / uses and check in the kernel-config if you have included it. Cheers, Matthias -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
