On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:53:09AM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > > > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:28:58AM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > > > I can't get a make-kpkg kernel to boot. It can't mount the root fs. Note > > > I am using initrd and compiled make-kpkg with --initrd. One difference > > > I notice with the stock kernel and mine is: > > > > > > # locate ext3 > > > /initrd/lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3 > > > /initrd/lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o > > > /lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3 > > > /lib/modules/2.4.17-686/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o > > > /lib/modules/2.4.17mfcf/kernel/fs/ext3 > > > /lib/modules/2.4.17mfcf/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o > > > > > > > > > Perhaps this accounts for the difference in behaviour, i.e. 2.4.17-686 > > > boots > > > but mine 2.4.17mfcf does not? Gives a VHS kernel panic message to the > > > effect > > > it can't mount the root file system. Note I am using ext3 on the root > > > > > > in the fstab I put in ext3,ext2 for the type. > > > > > > > Can it not mount the initrd root, or the main root? If it can't mount > > the initrd root, maybe you forgot ramdisk/initrd support. > > > # grep -i initrd config-2.* > config-2.4.17-686:CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y > config-2.4.17mfcf:CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y > > > while running 2.4.17-686 cat /proc/mounts gives: > > # cat /proc/mounts > /dev/root.old /initrd cramfs rw 0 0 > /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0 > proc /proc proc rw 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 > /dev/hda8 /var ext3 rw 0 0 > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 > /dev/hda7 /fsys1 ext3 rw 0 0 > /dev/hdb5 /home ext3 rw 0 0 > /dev/hdb6 /potato ext2 rw 0 0
Do you have cramfs built into the kernel? If so, then it sounds like mkinitrd is not copying the ext3.o module to the initrd image, which means it cannot mount the ext3 rootfs. Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
