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>I get a kernel panic when I boot the latest >compile from grub. I can still boot to the >previous kernels (2.6.9-prep that I compiled and >2.6.9-1.667). I unfortunately did not copy the >precise wording of the panic, but it was something >to the effect of: > >Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount >root fs on inknown-block(0,0) >The only difference in this compile is that I >changed the EXTRAVERSION= in the top level make >file so that it would be unique. > >VERSION = 2 >PATCHLEVEL = 6 >SUBLEVEL = 9 >EXTRAVERSION = -jbkrev2 >NAME=AC 1 > >As far as I can tell make make install >and make modules_install ran successfully. I did a google on the kernel panic and there was a list of at least a hundred matches. Most of the 20 or so I read had to do with recent 2.6 kernels. This may be coincidence since most of us want to be current. The recurrent theme seems to be how mkinitrid was invoked. Were you installing with su | su - . That may or may not be my problem. It takes 3 Hrs to compile and I am starting from scratch again. I always check my grub.conf before I boot a new kernel as well as look at /boot to see that all is there that should be including initrid.<version> . Initrid has always been there. I posite the question though, if I compile the file systems into the kernel there will be no modules to include in the initrid file, so hence if my grub points to initrid it would follow that the system would not boot. But following that logic would say that the kernel I compiled 2 months ago also would not boot, but it does. Here is another thought, I have been keeping up to date with yum, could it be possible that my libraries are ahead of the kernel release. well I'm whiling away the time while my kernel compiles. till next Jim kelly-Rand
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