Gah! I am going crazy with the multitude of problems that apparently exist
in Mandrake Cooker right now (I KNOW it is beta but until now I have NEVER
had so many problems with Cooker stuff).
Among the MANY problems: drakx software doesn't work. Period. I open up
DrakConf and try to do ANYTHING with hardware, XFree, and DrakConf refuses to
work. It cannot simply wont display anything - if I select printers,
display, etc (I want to change my default X resolution and am not permitted
to with ANY Mandrake tools and I want to setup my printer and not a single
tool with Mandrake will let me).
Now, I downloaded kernel-source-2.4.3-17mdk and the headers, did my usual
xconfig and build. It built just fine, as usual, but no matter what I do,
the resultant kernel will NOT bootup. It kernel panics instead with:
Cannot mount root device "306" or 03:06
Please append correct "root=" boot option.
Excuse me? Has something been totally and royally screwed up and changed in
2.4.3 vs 2.4.2 kernels? I ask because I have a 2.4.2 kernel, built by myself
with essentially the same options and modules, and it boots just fine, thank
you. 2.4.3? A total loser. IS there something fundamental that I should
know about in the 2.4.3 kernel that is way different from the 2.4.2 kernels
that prevents it from booting as I describe? I have looked over my lilo:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=791
default=242-20
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-4mdk
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
append="hde=ide-scsi"
optional
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-7mdk
label=242-ati
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
append="hde=ide-scsi"
optional
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-20mdk
label=242-20
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
append="hde=ide-scsi"
optional
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-17mdk
label=243-17
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
append="hde=ide-scsi"
optional
Is there something wrong here? If so, I don't see it. WHY WONT KERNEL 2.4.3
BOOT?!
How can I change my default X resolution? It is apparently 2046x1076 or
something ungodly like that on my 17" monitor. No me gusto.
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Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
