** Reply to message from Brandon Dorman <brandonfpu@yahoo.com> on Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:51:02 -0700 > 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. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.19 rm -f /boot/System.map ln -s System.map-2.4.19 System.map Try that. jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@shaw.ca
