Jeffry Buehler wrote: > > Hi - > > I am running into exactly the same problem - > > 1. I am running RedHat 8.0 with a linux-2.4.18-26.8.0 kernel. > > 2. I am attempting to compile and load a new linux-2.4.18-26.8.0 kernel. > > 3. I am running on a /boot partition on a Dell Insprion 2650 Notebook > 1.8 Ghz and a Dell Insprion 7000 Notebook and I get the SAME behavior on > both systems. > > 4. I compiled a fresh "new" kernel with exactly the same config as the > kernel that successfully boots (I used the correct kernel.config file > from the configs directory and copied it to /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config, > resulting in xconfig having the appropriate default kernel parameters > that the kernel I presently boot has, I think) > > 5. using grub, I get the kernel panic error "VFS = Cannot open root > device "LABEL=/" with only the newly compiled kernel > > 6. my grub.conf file should be correct - its paramters exactly match the > parameters for the kernel that successfully boots aside from naming > convention for the new kernel. > > 7. if I change "LABEL=/" to "/dev/hda1" I get a initrd error instead.
What initrd error ? > > I have looked for numerous possible solutions both experimentally and > online, and the closest I have been able to find to an answer is an > obscure reference in the RedHat message board about a bug (possible) in > mkinitrd that is resulting in corrupt .img files. However, I have > successfully booted one kernel (out of about 10) but there was no change > I was a able to track between this one booting and the others not > booting. I have not been able to get another kernel to work since this > one, so it seems to me there must be a bug somewhere(?) > > Jeffry Buehler > Buehler Technologies > 415.459.4677 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.buehlertech.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub -- David Balazic -------------- "Be excellent to each other." - Bill S. Preston, Esq., & "Ted" Theodore Logan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
