Hello everybody, This is my problem : when I compile the kernel (2.6.7), and after finishing the whole process -> and I restart the computer I get this error message" VFS: unable to mount root fs on HDB1 ( and sth like an error 341)" .
I have tried many things in order to solve this problem but it seems that I am missing something. Below are the setps that I have followed the last time that i compiled my Kernel.:

1.Extract the Kernel in a folder named Linux-2.6.7
2.make menuconfig ......etc
3.make bzImage
4.make modules
5.make modules_install install
6.cp /usr/src...../bzimage /boot/vmlinuz
7.cp /usr/src/linux/system.map /boot/system.map
Also I have deleted the Linux folder in /usr/src and i made a new symbolic link between /usr/src/linux and /usr/src/linux-2.6.7

I have also tried to run make mrproper prior to installation
and the process used in older kernels like make dep.... etc.

I found a guide in the forum that tells u to copy the file config inside the /boot but I cannot find that file.

Please help me.
Thank you

what distro are you running, and are you running virtural raid on your / partition? that caused tons of problems for me. (never got solved)

I believe you haven't put in an initrd image

from the kernel source directory, do a
# /sbin/mkinitrd initrd-2.6.7.img 2.6.7

copy this initrd-2.6.7.img to your boot partition and add the following to your grub conf line

title Kernel 2.6.7
root (hdx,y)
kernel /kernel.img -- whatever your kernel image is
initrd /initrd-2.6.7.img -- the image we just created

reboot, and we should be done

Srichand

Well thank you for your answers I will give it a try tonight and see how it goes...

Well it didn't work. when I did /sbin/mkinitrd-2.6.7.img 2.6.7 it didnt work. What i did next was to type man mkinitird , mkinit ...etc. I could not find anything.


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srichand

from the kernel source directory, do a
# /sbin/mkinitrd initrd-2.6.7.img 2.6.7

copy this initrd-2.6.7.img to your boot partition and add the following to your grub conf line

title Kernel 2.6.7
root (hdx,y)
kernel /kernel.img -- whatever your kernel image is
initrd /initrd-2.6.7.img -- the image we just created

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No shouldn't make any difference.....I just wonder why you dont use the debian way of installing a kernel

as root:

apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.7
cd /usr/src
tar jxvf kernel-source-2.6.7.tar.bz2
ln -s kernel-source-2.6.7 linux

make sure you have done an apt-get install kernel-package debhelper dpkg-dev
If you are going to use menuconfig you will be required to install libncurses5-dev by doing: apt-get install libncurses5-dev

cd linux

make oldconfig
make menuconfig
make-kpkg clean

make-kpkg --initrd (if you need it*) --append-to-version=.ddmmyyyy --revision=ddmmyyyy kernel_image

dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.6.7-ddmmyyyy.deb

or if you don't have any reason to compile your own kernel and just want it to run. you could:

apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.7 (or K7 apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.7-k7)

and apt will do anything you need.....including updating grub

*If you have an IDE drive and you compile IDE support and the filesystem type that you use into the kernel you won't need initrd.