Re: kernel compile questions

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On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 20:51, Brandon Dorman wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> 	I recently compiled the 2.4.19 kernel with the following commands: (i
> just changed the numbers to .19 instead of .17)
> 
> tar jxvf linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2
> mv linux linux-2.4.17
> make menuconfig
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /vmlinuz-2.4.17
> cp /vmlinuz-2.4.17 /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
> open up /etc/lilo.conf, point it to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
> 
> I might have missed something somewhere in the kernel configuration
> options, but upon boot it says, "kernel panic, cannot mount root
> partition."  Did I miss a step or copy something wrong?  Thanks.

Oh, and after mkinitrd, rerun lilo.  You have to run lilo every time you
change the /etc/lilo.conf.  With grub, you don't have to do anything but
modify the /etc/grub.conf.

Best Regards,
Keith
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