Thanks very much Takashi. That solved the problem and the kernel works fine (although, I can't tell the difference from the older kernel, except by typing "uname -r").
Thanks again. Warren N On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Takashi Nakamura wrote: > Hi Warren. > > >> For a number of reasons, I have gone into the kernel hacking business >> in YDL 5.02 on a PS3 and started by taking the 2.6.23 kernel (from >> the most recent CELL linux ADDON iso) and compiling it, following the >> instructions in the Cell Performance article on making huge pages. I >> made the appropriate changes in the kboot.conf file to reflect the >> new kernel and tried to boot. SInce this is my first attempt at >> kernel manufacture, I was not surprised that it didn't work: I got an >> error message "switchroot: mount failed" and a kernel panic. > > Name of PS3 storage device is renamed to '/dev/ps3daN' from '/dev/sdN' > on 2.6.23 kernel. > So, name of root device is changed to '/dev/ps3da2'. > > Did you change name of root device in 'kboot.conf'? > > You must change name of root device in 'kboot.conf' as follows : > | ydl_htlb ='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16_HTLB initrd=/dev/sda1:/ > initrd-2.6.16_HTLB.img \ > | root=/dev/ps3da2 init=/sbin/init video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb' > > > Regards. > -- > Takashi Nakamura<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
