I had to do two things. After making .config I had to edit .config and replace CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m to CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y.
Second I had to: mkdir /sys . Then edit /etc/rc.sysinit.
After the line: 'action $"Mounting proc filesystem: " mount -n -t proc /proc /proc ' adding:
'action $"Mounting proc filesystem: " mount -n -t sysfs /sys /sys'
In my experience the same problem occured both in 2.6.3 and 2.6.4. I installed on rh8.
Douglas Phillipson wrote:
I recently tried 2.6.3 and it appeared to work fine but 2.6.4 won't boot. When booting it says it can't mount root as ext3.
I have ext2/ext3 compiled in the kernel, it's not a module. The exact error is:
Creating root device Mounting root filesystem Mount: error 6 mounting ext3 pivotroot: pivotroot(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 umount /initrd/proc failed: 2 Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
What is so different between 2.6.3 and 2.6.4 that would cause this?
Here is GRUB entry:
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.4) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.4 ro root=/dev/hda2 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.4.img
Many Thanks
Doug P
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