Thus spake Charles Baker:
>
> --- Xeno Campanoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Shaul Karl wrote:
> > >
> > > > As my subject line indicates, I'm getting the
> > diagnostic:
> > > >
> > > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
> > on 01:00
> > > >
> > > > when I try to boot up with my home grown kernel.
> > I've tried several
> > > > things with lilo on this, but I'm stumped. rdev
> > indicates the root
> > > > partition is /dev/hda1, which is what I expect,
> > and I seem to have good
> > > > lilo entries, as follows:
> > > >
> > > > image=/vmlinuz
> > > > label=Linux
> > > > read-only
> > > > initrd=/boot/initrd
> >
> > Okay, you were right about initrd. I took that
> > out and it
> > works. Thank you.
> >
> <<SNIP>>
>
> Now, I'm really confused. I haven't been able to get
> any of the 2.4.x debian kernel packages to boot and
> everything I had read previously in the list archives
> indicated that the initrd line was necessary for 2.4.x
> kernels. I never had any problems with 2.0.x or 2.2.x
> kernels.
Not _necessary_ but an option. I personally don't use the initrd
method with my kernels, as I found the boost in boot time to be
negligable and therefor more trouble than it was worth, but I don't
use the make-kpkg method, it may be easier. You can use it or not, is
what I have found - neither is 'The Right Way'(TM) although the
make-kpkg way is 'The Dbian Way'(TM) and I am _not_ advising against,
just throwing in my 2ยข.
HTH,
Steve
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