On Monday 01 May 2006 20:54, Rony wrote: > I just compiled the latest kernel 2.6.16.11 from source and its > created a vmlinuz-2.6.16.11 file along with a link vmlinux in the > /boot folder. Since 'make bzImage' only creates a kernel image, the > 'make install' was used finally to get it into the boot folder for > grub. > In grub's menu.lst, I configured the kernel as /boot/vmlinuz and > root=/dev/hdan where n is my partition and its the same entry as in > my existing kernel entry. The image entry is #shed as there was no > img created. When I boot into the new kernel, after a series of > initial text, it gives a kernel panic at the root= entry. Its the > same as before so why can't it mount the VFS on that partition? It > cannot recognise hdan. (n is a number)
which distro? -- Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
