Re: Linux 2.4.27 boot problem with compiled kernel

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 15:45 +0200, Henry Combrinck wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Hopefully someone can shed some light on this problem.
> 
> I'm quite familiar with compiling linux kernels, installing, etc (using
> lilo).
> 
> However, linux/sparc uses silo/silo.conf.  I understand that it's not
> necessary to run silo after installing a new kernel, but the new kernel
> refuses to boot, ending up with (08:01 is /dev/sda1):
> 
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
> 
> This is a familiar problem on intel/linux if you don't run lilo before
> rebooting - but what the heck am I missing here?
> 
> steps I took (kernel 2.4.27, Sun ULTRA Enterprise 2):
> 1. compile kernel with make dep...make vmlinux...etc (with ext3)

Did you modularize any of the SCSI bits? You may need an initrd. Can you
post the output from dmesg before that line?

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