On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, EXT GYGAX,OTTO (HP-Corvallis,ex1) wrote:
> I built a new version of the kernel under RH6.2, currently running
> 2.2.14-5.0smp. The new version is 2.2.17. Compilation and building of the
> required modules succeeded. lilo.conf has also been updated to reflect the new
You should *always* leave one known working kernel into lilo.conf for
cases when new kernel fails, for one reason or other. Just make a new
section for the new kernel, see if it works and then change that to be the
default if it's ok.
> kernel name. System.map, initrd.x.img, vmlinuz and vmlinux have all been placed
> in /boot. The one file that has not been able to recreate is /boot/module-info,
> since I cannot seem to find instructions on this and there are no procedures in
> the Makefile.
module-info isn't something that comes with the standard kernel, it's a RH
specific thing and noncritical. By the looks of it I'll hazard a guess
that some of the configuration utilities use it to find out what
interrupts & such a module can take or something like that.
>
> Following the recommended steps in the README file, plus several other books on
> the matter, this kernel halts cold during reboot. "initrd.x.img" is loaded and
> the hardware is scanned normally up to the point where it's ready to mount
> the root partition.
>
> The error message says:
>
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Sounds like you don't have a console-device built into the kernel. For
virtual consoles the relevant configuration options are
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel.
And this sounds like you don't have disk driver or filesystem support for
your root disk compiled in. Or the 'root=/dev/xxx' points to a wrong
partition. Or something like that. Did you create a new initrd for your
new kernel?
A bit more info about your setup and your kernel .config would help..
- Panu -
>
> I'd appreciate hearing any suggestions on the matter. Thank you.
>
> -otto
>
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