kernel panic even useing rdev

[eric <lshih@qwest.net>]

Dear Parrismyers@yahoo.com:

  I upgrade from 2.2.18 to 2.4.2 by dpkg -i  kernel242-k7.deb
get vmlinuz242k7 in /boot

I follow your hint by
rdev  /boot/vmlinuz242k7 /dev/hdc2  ,  the following is my file be
mounted

mount


/dev/hdc2 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)

then I reboot, still get kernel panic

please help
sincere
eric