Hello ! On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 10:57:55PM +1000, Rob B wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried building a new kernel on my Cabriolet (soon to be augmented by a > PWS-500au:) using the kernel-package tools. The kernel built OK, but I had > trouble installing it. Should dpkg -i <kernel package name> work with no > special incantations and does the kernel package need to be moved to a > particular directory? Nope, it should (and does on my LX) work just from everywhere. It takes care of /etc/aboot.conf as well. What excatly happend when you used dpkg ?
> What ended up happening was I copied the kernel to the /boot directory and
> did:
>
> >ln -s /boot/<kernel package name> /
>
> I then modified /etc/aboot.conf to boot the new kernel.
Why that ? You can enter any location you like into /etc/aboot.conf.
> The machine now throws an error similar to:
>
> panic: Unable to mount root filesystem
This sound rather to a build problem. Did you include ext2, and your
appropriate hardware (ide, scsi) ?
Regards
Helge
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