On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 12:23:30PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> > On 21 May 2007 I wrote:
> >
> >> Attempting to compile a 2.6.21.1 kernel for use on a Fedora Core 6 box
> >> results in a panic at boot because the root filesystem can't be found.
> >
> > I have just compiled 2.6.22-rc2 with the configuration file given in my
> > previous post and the resulting kernel successfully boots on the machine
> > concerned. Whatever broke LVM for this machine in between 2.6.18 and
> > 2.6.21.1 has now been fixed.
> >
> I haven't had any problem booting with any of the kernels, but when I
> try to build a kernel with a Fedora config from /boot, it builds fine
> but doesn't boot after install. I started by building a very basic
> kernel for testing, and then started adding features to get everything I
> need. But just using the latest FC6 config file gets me a kernel which
> fails in just the way you mention.
9 times out of 10 it's a busted initrd.
Pull it apart and check that the relevant storage modules & their dependancies
are present.
Dave
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