I have a feeling that the dpkg -i failed ... my fault.
The box had been upgraded and downgraded a couple times, so I think I'll do a fresh install (fast connection at work:) since it is my "test" box.
Cheers, Rob
At 00:21 29/05/2001, you wrote:
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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