On 27 Jul 2008, at 11:59, Jarry wrote:
... What is going wrong? I do not have any idea and frankly this is the first time I see "kernel panic" message...
You don't say if this is your first Gentoo installation, so please excuse me if my suggestion is patronising, but a kernel panic on bootup tends to suggest to me that some essential driver is not compiled into the kernel.
Often, for instance, file systems are indicated - if ext3 is compiled as a module then kernel cannot load that module from an ext3 file system. I do not think filesystems are indicated in your particular case, but I hope the example makes sense.
What I do when compiling my Gentoo kernels is to work from a known- good kernel configuration, usually basing mine on the one used by the latest knoppix. Seeing as the 2008 install CD booted on your machine it would be worth seeing if that kernel .config is readily available - try booting with it and running`zcat /proc/config.gz`. If this displays a bunch of stuff then you can mount your hard-drives as you did before `zcat /proc/config.gz > /mnt/gentoo/kernel.config` and chroot in as you did during the install procedure. Backup the existing /usr/src/linux/.config copy /mnt/gentoo/kernel.config over the top of it & repeat the steps covering compiling & installing a kernel.
Stroller.
