Hi to all. I am very new on this forum, but soon there is my first question:

I tried to compile my own kernel on Aurox 9.4, cause i would like to activate the direct framebuffer for a matrox millenium II.
I made following things: -make xconfig
after this I configured the kernel
then I run: -make dep
- make bzImage
- make modules
- make modules install
Everything worked fine
At next I called mkinitrd (under suse:mk_initrd):

mkinitrd -f --with=ext3 /boot/initrd 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl

Then I modificed the boot entry(/boot/grub/grub.conf):

title Aurox Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/
hdc=ide-scsi rhgb
initrd /boot/initrd

And finally when I tried to boot this, I get:

Loading jbd.o : kernel-module version mismatch
/lib/jbd.o was compiled for Kernel version 2.4.22-1.2188-nptl
while this is 2.4.22-1.2188-nptl.custom.
ERROR /bin/insmod exited abnormally

Loading ext3.o : kernel-module version mismatch
/lib/ext3.o was compiled for Kernel version 2.4.22-1.2188-nptl
while this is 2.4.22-1.2188-nptl.custom.
ERROR /bin/insmod exited abnormally
Mounting /proc filesystem
Creating block devices
Creating root devices
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 19 mounting ext3
pivot root: pivot-root (/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed 2
umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Freeing unused Kernel memory 140k freed
Kernel Panic: no init found Try to passing init=option to kernel

that`s it.
It would be great if anyone can help me.
Much much Thanks
p.s. sorry for my bad english, but I am only 14 years old.

Before you did mkinitrd,what did you do,cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage/'etc etc' cp System.map 'etc etc' or something else?Also did you mv /etc/modules/'old kernel' out of the way or rename it old before installing the new kernel?

It`s great that you would like to help me. Before mkinitrd, I have done this:
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
I am quite sure, that I have done something wrong, cause this is the first time I tried to make my own kernel.
Do you got a solution for my problem?

Did you cp System.map?

much much thanks for your help,comprookie2000
now i got my problem: I tried : mkinitrd -f --with=ext3 /boot/initrd 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl
BUT: 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl is not my kernel version
i have 2.4.22-1.2188.nptlcustom
so i have to call: mkinitrd -f --with=ext3 /boot/initrd 2.4.22-1.2188.nptlcustom
sorry for my bad english, but i am only 14 years old