Re: Again problems with Kernel 2.4.5

[Victor <vdemart@supereva.it>]

Victor [debian-user] <10/07/01 17:35 +0000>:
> The standard kernel 2.4.5 from kernel-image is working great, whilst
> after compiling my tailored kernel 2.4.5 (which I obtained using the
> config file for my previous kernel 2.2.19 with minor changes) the
> following error pops up stopping the boot:
> 
> ..........................................
> NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for linux NET4.0
> request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root devic "302" or 03:02
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs 03:02
> 
> .............................AND DIES!!
>

Dear Friends,

now I'm at a dead end! I cannot get rid of the above message of kernel
panic.

Even if I compile the kernel with the original /boot/config-2.4.5-686
-coming with the debian package of the kernel image- the error is the
same.

So, help me please understand which of the two following hypotheses is
true:

Hyp. A (utterly probable): 
I'm doing something wrong with the compilation of kernel 2.4.5.

I follow the same procedure I'd been following for the 2.2.19 kernel,
that is, after executing 

#make menuconfig 

and loading the /boot/config-2.4.5-686 config file, I issue

#make-kpkg clean      #no problems!
#make-kpkg --revision=vic kernel_image   #no problems

Then, under /usr/src/, I issue

#dpkg --install kernel-image-2.4.5_vic_i386.deb

(Sometimes, not always, dpkg complains about missing dependencies)

Reconfiguring lilo and rebooting the above panic message pops up.


Hyp. B (Utterly incredible to me):
There's something wrong in the original config-2.4.5-686 file


PLEASE HELP

Vittorio