Re: move from 2.4.24 kernel to 2.6.10 gives kernel panic

[Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verheyen@sjki.be>]

Pigeon wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 11:11:05AM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > i'm unable to move my system from a 2.4.24 kernel to a 2.6 kernel.
> > I first had my root on LVM and thought it was because of that, that it 
> > didn't work.
> > However, i've switched my root to a normal ext3 partition. To my 
> > surprise it still doesn't work.
> > I then tried a standard Debian kernel which also doesn't work:
> > pivot_root: No such file or directory
> > /sbin/init: 431: Cannot open /dev/console: No such file
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init
>
>
> I would guess perhaps that the initrd is not starting udev? (Don't use
> udev myself but it looks like you do, and if it wasn't working I'd
> expect to see this kind of thing.)
>
> I'd suggest that the technique of pressing return to get a shell when
> the initrd fires up and then executing the commands in linuxrc etc. by
> hand to see where it starts to go wrong might be useful here.

Pigeon,

nope, not using udev, dpkg -l | grep udev turns up nothing.
I understand what you are saying in regards to the initrd but i don't 
see why i would need an initrd in the first place as i have ext3, dm_mod 
and everything else that i think in need compiled in.
I then tried with an initrd to see if that could be a solution.

I really don't have a clue anymore and after more than > 50 reboots and 
countless kernel compiles, i'm fed up with it. That's why i'm 
considering a new install.

Regards,
Benedict