Hi peoples, Thanks Oscar for the tip. I found that I had chosen devfs to be compiled in but I didn't have devfsd installed (and thus /dev had no devices (mounted but nothing) and of course then there was no /dev/hda5.
Now I have the next problem. Because Im using devfs, the module for my graphics card (on the laptop) is agpgart (provides memory access to the card). It's not popping up in /dev/misc (where it's meant to) .. anyone worked with devfs before? lsmod shows the module (agpgart) has loaded. and I am sure that it's devfs supported as googling shopws it in /dev/misc/ more help appreciated :-) thanks. ramon On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 15:03, Oscar Plameras wrote: > From: "Ramon Buckland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi, > > > > I've finally got the 2.5 kernel compiled well (I think) > > however when I attempt to boot it goes through the motions > > up to the point of checking /. > > > > If stops stating that fsck.ext2 can;t be found (and as a result > > the boot block appears invalid - something to that effect). > > > > The root fs is on ext3. The lappy is booting > > fine into 2.4 (where I am now of course). > > > > Anyone seen this ? > > I have made sure that ext2 and ext3 supprt are compiled into the > > kernel (not as modules). > > > > 2.5.69 kernel.+ ACPI patches > > > > Any assistance is greatly appreciated. > > cheers > > Are you able to mount the 2.5.69 kernel fs or at the > very least fsck ? > > If you are able to mount of course you are able to > fsck. > > Now, once mounted have a look at the /boot/config??? > of your 2.5.69 kernel and compare with /boot/config??? > of the one that is working. > > http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/disclaimer.html -- ramon buckland ramon[at]thebuckland.com www.thebuckland.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
