Procedure that works for me on all systems (RH Slack etc)

mv .config config (getting rid of the leading . if I want to keep the
.config file.)
make mrproper.
mv config .config (getting it back)
make xconfig (or whatever you prefer)
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install

Verify my lilo.conf is straight .. I'm parinoid run lilo and reboot... I
haven't had a passive failure in a long time this way... (a few active
ones because I did something I shouldn't have done.)  Note please that
this isn't just a Mandrake thing ... OK maybe the absolute need to do
mrproper is. but the original howto I read ages ago talked about this
step as well.  Otherwise this works even for a Linus kernel.

James


On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 21:30, David E. Fox wrote:
> > Every time i have tried it has failed due to Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable
> > to mount root fs on 16:05. In case the line above that has any
> > significance it reads ds: No Socket Drivers Loaded! Some may say that
> 
> IOW, the bootable kernel you built isn't quite bootable :(.
> 
> A cursory grep in /dev and in the linux source code documentation show
> nothing for device 16. What media are you trying to boot from? 
> 
> > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 i then cd into /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 and did make
> > oldconfig 
> 
> Once you make oldconfig you still have to make a bootable image. 
> 'make zdisk' is preferable in that you can store the bootable image on
> a floppy and not risk fscking up your setup :).
> 
> 
> 
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