>
> Dear Sir ,
> I am using Red hat linux 4.2 on a intel machine i.e. 486 / 66 hp vectra
> with ide harddrive 850 , ne2000 network card , normal 1.44 floppy drive,
> color monitor . The installation is fine , it does work but I do get
> problem when I compile a custom kernel. I have consulted the kernel
> howtos, other manuals , faqs but could not seem to find an answer .
>
> These are the steps I followed :-
> 1)make mrproper
> 2)make config with minimum but necessary options such as fss,network
> support , etc .
> 3)make dep
> 4)make clean
> 5)make zImage and did copy zImage as /boot/vmlinuz
6)make module and install_modules etc .
>7)edit lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo
>
> But I get this message when I boot the new Kernel as Kernel Panic :
> This is what it looks like :-
> eth0:NE2000 found at 0X300 , using IRQ3
> VFS:Cannot open root device 03:02
> Kernel panic VFS : unable to mount root fs on 03:02
>
> when I check with rdev zImage ,the one residing in
> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot it shows the proper root device .
>
> Please help me . I will be very grateful for your expert help .
>
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Mir S Islam
Systems Administrator
Office of International Services and Programs
Georgia State University
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