HELP:Problems about Update kernel 2.6.10

AK prince · 09-22-2005, 12:09 AM

I have a problem about kernel update. Now I use slackware 10.2 (2.4.31).

And I want to update to 2.6.10. So I download the kernel and Patrick's

excellent configuration file: config-2.6.10 .

Then according to the steps:

make mrproper
make menuconfig
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install

/usr/src/linux# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10
/usr/src/linux# cp .config /boot/config-2.6.10
/usr/src/linux# cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10

Also I modifed the lilo.conf. And add the new links to the files. But when I

boot to the new kernel it has a problem :" kernel panic - not syncing:VFS:

Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,12)." What that mean? I

have already built in support for the filesystem when I do "make

menuconfig",and not as a module. So anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

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slackware10.2 kernel 2.4.31

uopjohnson · 09-22-2005, 11:10 AM

The issue may lie in your lilo.conf. It looks like you are trying to boot off of something way down the list of drives. If I remember correctly you should point lilo at your root partition and not your boot partition.

gwine · 09-22-2005, 12:38 PM

Why don't you use "xushis tutorial" The Slackware Guide to installing Kernel 2.6 at http://xushi.co.uk/guides/kernel.php or "shilos" This is how I do it all at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=174447 or Roberto Ostinellis tutorial at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=408 ?

I self have followed "xushis" tutorial many times without problems!

And maybe this helps

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/361735

http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=zipslack#8

C4bo · 09-22-2005, 12:52 PM

Hello AK prince
I hav useed this guide it works ok.
There are to things that you need to do
1. If you use reiserfs you must biuld it in the kernel not as a module.
2. you need to add your root patiton , i think you hav cd from his.
look at the lilo.conf and cd to your new one
I hav made this n00b thing to.
Bertil

xcristi · 09-22-2005, 02:28 PM

If you use reiserfs...

Code:

mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.10 -m reiserfs

and the modify /etc/lilo.conf

Code:

# Linux bootable partition config begins 
image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-2.6.13   
initrd = /boot/initrd.gz   
root = /dev/hda6   
label = Lnx2613   
read-only 
# Linux bootable partition config ends

AK prince · 09-22-2005, 08:15 PM

Thanks all of you guys. I found my problem. The issue

lied in my lilo.conf. This is a port of my lilo.conf " image

= /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10" . But I had already made a link

symbol "vmlinuz" to vmlinuz-2.6.10. So when I changed

the part to "image = /boot/vmlinuz". The system works

OK. Many thanks for all of you guys again.