Re: boot problem after kernel compile
Although I can't tell you what went wrong, don't reinstall yet. Using a
windows machine, head over to tomsrtbt:
http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
There is a version to install from windows.
With tomsrtbt, you will be able to mount your original root partition and
fix the problem.
Gil Elad wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just finished recompiling the kernel for the first time ever.
> Unfortunately, I've probably done something wrong, because I can't reboot
> the system. The story goes like this:
> When I tried booting my new kernel everything seemed to be going well, at
> first. The kernel was uncompressed successfully and drivers were starting
> to get loaded. Somewhere along the line, though, the boot process suddenly
> entered an endless loop of
> "kmod failed to execute .../modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c. error 8" messages.
> I figured there was a problem in my module dependency database, and
> rebooted the system SUCCESSFULLY using the OLD kernel.
> I then proceeded to run "make modules", "make modules_install", and
> "depmod -a".
> I then tried to reboot the system using the new kernel with the new module
> dependencies, and got the same message.
> After that, when I tried booting the old kernel the system crashed giving
> the error message:
> "Code: Bad EIP value"
> "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer deference at virtual address."
> along with a register and stack dump, which I can't understand.
>
> I now can't boot the system from either kernel. Not even in single-user mode.
> Unfortunately, I never made a rescue disk with a root partition on it, and
> have no way of getting one.
>
> I've pretty much resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to reinstall,
> but I would like to know what I did wrong so as not to make the same
> mistake again in the future.
>
> TIA for any advice/information
>
> Gil Elad
>
>
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David Raeker-Jordan
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Harrisburg, PA, USA
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