🚀 go-pugleaf

hi there,


> >> I'm using Redhat 5.1 and with kernel 2.0.36 - the default kernel from
> >> the RPM's boots and works perfectly. I'm fairly certain I have all the
> >> necessary things compiled into the new kernel (i.e: ext2 fs & proc). The
> >> error occurs whether I boot the new kernel from floppy or hard disk.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help?
> 
> You have ensured that support for the device you're booting from is
> compiled *directly* into the kernel, and not as a loadable module?  For
> example, my kernel has ext2fs and IDE hard disk support compiled
> directly in.  If support is compiled as a module, the kernel won't know
> how to mount the hard disk in order to find the module to tell it how
> to mount the hard disk... you see the problem?

Yes this is good advice.

You probably didn't compile in device support for the hard drive that
root is sitting on. Or if you did, it's only as a module.

Just run lilo on the old kernal at boot. You did leave a lilo reference
to the old stable kernel didn't you?

I have two lilo references, the default which is 'linux' and another
which is 'linuxdev', which I use to test new kernels... Even if I bork
linuxdev by making the same mistake as you (which happened to me this
morning!), I just boot up the old kernel.

If you haven't done that, I'm not sure what you can do.. Probably use a
rescue disk or something.

Good luck,
Wayne