Re: [grub #33] Kernel panic error

[David Balazic]

Jeffry Buehler wrote:
> 
> Hi -
> 
> I am running into exactly the same problem -
> 
> 1. I am running RedHat 8.0 with a linux-2.4.18-26.8.0 kernel.
> 
> 2. I am attempting to compile and load a new linux-2.4.18-26.8.0 kernel.
> 
> 3. I am running on a /boot partition on a Dell Insprion 2650 Notebook
> 1.8 Ghz and a Dell Insprion 7000 Notebook and I get the SAME behavior on
> both systems.
> 
> 4. I compiled a fresh "new" kernel with exactly the same config as the
> kernel that successfully boots (I used the correct kernel.config file
> from the configs directory and copied it to /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config,
> resulting in xconfig having the appropriate default kernel parameters
> that the kernel I presently boot has, I think)
> 
> 5. using grub, I get the kernel panic error "VFS = Cannot open root
> device "LABEL=/" with only the newly compiled kernel
> 
> 6. my grub.conf file should be correct - its paramters exactly match the
> parameters for the kernel that successfully boots aside from naming
> convention for the new kernel.
> 
> 7. if I change "LABEL=/" to "/dev/hda1" I get a initrd error instead.

What initrd error ?

> 
> I have looked for numerous possible solutions both experimentally and
> online, and the closest I have been able to find to an answer is an
> obscure reference in the RedHat message board about a bug (possible) in
> mkinitrd that is resulting in corrupt .img files.  However, I have
> successfully booted one kernel (out of about 10) but there was no change
> I was a able to track between this one booting and the others not
> booting.  I have not been able to get another kernel to work since this
> one, so it seems to me there must be a bug somewhere(?)
> 
> Jeffry Buehler
> Buehler Technologies
> 415.459.4677
> address@hidden
> www.buehlertech.com
> 
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