Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: > > Hi, > > I ran into this error while compiling version 2.4.4 of the kernel: > > look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not the same > of the initrd > > Then it errors. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? Do I have to have an > updated mkinitrd package? > > Cheers, > Sheldon. > -- Actually, a little more detail goes along way but first let us see if we can "feel" our way to the solution. I have had a similiar problem when I compiled my 2.4.4 kernel. I have a K6-2 450MHz 64MB RAM and I ran mine with K6/K6II/K6III processor family support. My error occured in the "make install" phase of my kernel compile. I ran my commands in this order: "make mrproper && make menuconfig && make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make install && make modules && make modules_install" My error was along the lines: There is no root= defined you are going in trouble There is an error when regenerating lilo, you may have to check your /etc/lilo.conf make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory "/usr/src/2.4.4/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [install] Error 2 I went into /etc/lilo.conf and discovered that yes, root= had no information for my new kernel entry. I manually added the same information as was in my previous kernel for the same line; "root="/dev/hda9" I next ran the command from this point like so: "make install && make modules && make modules_install" I watched the screen closely reading the output seeing what will happen when the "make install" program will reach that same point. It gave the error of the first four lines of the original error but underneath that it said that the entry had already existed and continued with the compilation. Did any of this help? Also before I began to compile my 2.4.4 kernel, I read the "Documentation/Changes" and discovered that only one package of my LM 8.0 distribution needed updating; reiserfsprogs.3.x.0j (Mine was reiserfsprogs.3.x.0i). This is very important and dear to me as my whole linux OS is running off of a full reiserfs journaling file system. I hope I was helpful if not informative. -- .--. ` |__| .-------. Altoine Barker |=.| |.-----.| Maximum Time, Inc |--| ||$mend|| Chicago Based Enterprise | | |'-----'| http://www.maximumtime.com |__|~')_____(' -- .--. ` |__| .-------. Altoine Barker |=.| |.-----.| Maximum Time, Inc |--| ||$mend|| Chicago Based Enterprise | | |'-----'| http://www.maximumtime.com |__|~')_____('
