Thanks Andy and Ken. I suspect that some combination of modules and perhaps a missing initrd.img file is my issue.
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Ken Moffat <k...@linuxfromscratch.org>wrote: > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 04:41:12PM -0600, John Mitchell wrote: > > > > I don't think this is a 'grub' error -- perhaps a grub user error. I > built > > a kernel using my existing .config file so I expect it to be good. > However, > > my existing kernel uses a initrd.img file but I don't know how to create > one > > of those? I'm not even sure I need one? It wasn't mentioned in the > > book-6.7? > > > Oh dear. [ /me shakes his head sadly ] > > We don't use initrds - they are distro-specific, and I don't have a > clue how to create one. But yes, if you boot a kernel with an > initrd, you need to make a fresh initrd for each new kernel. > > Here, we assume you will build everything required to boot into > the kernel, not as modules, > > Specifically, disk drivers, filesystems (at a minimum the > filesystem for your LFS rootfs), and probably the console driver > (if you are using kms, you might need to specify firmware) - I sort > of guess that even distros might not build the console as a module, > but you never know. > > The best place to start is on your *host* system. If possible, > boot into single user mode, ideally without a graphical login > (because less will have been loaded) and then 'lsmod'. After that, > match the module names to .config options and try to work out which > are *necessary* (a distro might load a lot of modules that don't > check for particular hardware). Then reconfigure your LFS kernel by > changing those options from M to Y. After a few repeats, you should > get there. Until you can login on the new kernel, best to save each > variant of the .config, just in case anything happens, because you > won't be able to examine /proc/config.gz if the boot fails. > > ĸen > -- > das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
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