Re: Kernel compile - kernel panaic at boot
On Saturday 29 March 2003 18:06, Petr Simon wrote:
> Please help!
> I did it many times , but now I made some silly mistake and I can't boot
> my fresly compiled kernel. I can boot Debian default 2.4.18-k7, but I
> wanted 2.4.20 from source and it doesn't seem to work. What I did is:
> untar it
> ln -s linux-2.4.20 linux
> cd linux
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig
> make dep
> make-kpkg -rev Custom.1 kernel_image
> dpkg --install kernel-image........
>
> and this is my lilo.conf:
>
> lba32
> boot=/dev/hda
> install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> map=/boot/map
> prompt
> vga=normal
> append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> default=Debian
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7 #this one works
> label=2.4.18-k7
> root=/dev/hda6
> initrd=/boot/initd.img-2.4.18-k7
> read-only
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 #this one doesn't work
> label=Debian
> root=/dev/hda6
> initrd=/boot/initd.img-2.4.20
> read-only
>
> What is the difference between booting with or without initrd. I have
> laptop with Libranet2.0 and I have compiled 2.4.20 without flaw and I
> boot it just by lilo default
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> read-only
>
> In fact I tried both make-kpkg with and without --initrd option, but
> nothing worked.
> Does anyone have any clues?
> Thanks in advance
> Petr Simon
had a similar problem, the answer for me was to make sure IDE support was
compiled in and not a module.
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