OK, fixed the one problem with kernel panic: I compiled IDE/ATA support into
the kernel instead of the default as a module. Now the kernel installs and
works but no sound. I get an error during bootup about not being able to
load aumix - and sound in kde is toasted with 2.4.0.
On Saturday 06 January 2001 18:25, you wrote:
> I remember seeing some messages (here?) not too long ago about "kernel
> panic: VFS unable to mount root filesystem" and builds of kernel-2.4.0.
> Well, I just built this kernel and get this when I try to boot it up.
>
> I don't have the messages anymore - they weren't applicable to anything I
> was doing at the time but now I wish I had kept a few. Can anyone
> enlighten me as to any special considerations when building 2.4.0 that I
> may be missing that might be causing this problem?
>
> The kernel and all modules built just fine and I really didn't select
> anything wierd - just a few more modules that were available vs the 2.2.x
> kernels and certainly nothing wierd concerning file systems.
>
> My partitions are ext2.
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