Please don't crosspost.
Deepan Chakravarthy wrote:
> I compiled linux-2.6.15-1 kernel. I did
> $cp /boot/config-2.6.8 .config
> $make oldconfig
> $make
> $su
> $make modules_install
>
> After this i made changes in the menu.conf file for grub.
> When i choose the new kernel during bootup it leads to kernel panic and says
> "enter correct option for root=" option. I am very sure that my new kernel is
> in hda6 and i had entered root=/dev/hda6. My old kernel is also in the same
> partition.
> I used debian sarge.
The root option is where you specify the partition that is mounted as
the root of the filesystem, or /. It is not where the kernel itself
resides.
Chad Martin
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