> > > You say that you've "checked all the relevant /etc and /boot files, and > they seem OK", but it looks to me that the kernel panic is resulting from > the rootfs being listed in the wrong place. > > > I've certainly had that error in the past, so I've checked it quite a > bit. When I boot with the LFS 6.3 LiveCD, it comes up as /dev/sda2, or > (8,2). I can mount this partition from the LiveCD system, look at the > files, etc. > > So my working hypothesis is that the rootfs is in the wrong place > (specifically, nowhere), because the kernel isn't recognising the hardware > on which it resides. >
Yes, that's the other option, and you did say that you have new hardware. So, maybe, a kernel driver issue. > But the debugging is a bit difficult when you can't even get a shell > going, and all these messages screech past my on the screen, too fast to > read, with no apparent way to capture them. > You can capture them if you wish. Here's a link http://is.gd/yrl1Mc you may find useful. > > Regarding your .config file: the best way to capture the kernel .config > of a running system, and to load it into your new kernel, is to run zcat > /proc/config.gz > linux-x.x.x/.config, providing, of course, that the > running kernel has been set up to save a copy of .config to /proc. > > > There is a /proc/config.gz file when I boot from the LiveCD, so I'll try > this. But I can't do it now, so I'll have to see how it is tomorrow. > Don't run make mrproper after loading .config or it will just blitz it. Richard
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