At a very minimum you absolutely need the gcc compiler, and the kernel source code, but there are lots of dependencies. You can just take a look at Linux From Scratch to see that.

I'm still pretty new at this stuff so more experienced guys should back me up (or tell me I'm full of it , but I think the easiest way to get started is to install the 'development' package that comes along with your distribution. Most of the major dists have a package manager where you can access this stuff.

If you are using Mandrake 9.2, then you will also need to grab the kernel yourself online. I think its one of the dumbest things that they don't include the source in 9.2.

I followed the how to for the 2.6 kernel. Everything is fine until I get to the boot sequence.

I only have one hard drive installed and it is SCSI. Grub doesn't like what I have entered for my new kernel. It basically tells me what I have entered into menu.lst(grub.conf) is an invalid partition.

df tells me / is on sda6.

I'm running Fedora 1 stable.

Here is what I have in Grub:

default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.0-2.6.0test1-smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.0test1-smp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.0test1-smp.img
title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp.img
title Fedora Core-up (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img

(Sorry if I didn't put any tags around this - i'm sort of new)

TIA

mines setup just like that and exactly the same thing is happening,
Kernel panic: unable to mount root fs on 00:00
but it works on the other grub option ..

does this have something to do with System.map?

edit updates:
okay i did kernel= vmlinuzXX initrd=initrdXXX root=/dev/hda

so my error progressed from a 00:00 to an 03:00..
my theorys are that i either compiled the wrong options or i misunderstood the mkinitrd step and got my first initialramdisk for my second kernel .. or both .. its compiling now ill edit when i get done and then some
evidence: my kernel booted with a 1.44 floppy drive, which i definately do not have

edit updates:
changing "kernel= vmlinuzXX initrd=initrdXXX root=/dev/hda" to "kernel= vmlinuzXX init=initrdXXX root=/dev/hda" fixed it . neat, this must be a pecularity of mandrake vs. RH

Hello,

i'm new in kernel compiling. when i'm trying to compile kernel 2.6.3 on Mandrake 9.1
I got message that telling me the network loopback failed to start because other host using
the address 127.0.0.1.

FYI i have compiled the kernel w/ network block devices activated

~sorryforbadenglish

I have only been using linx for a handful of days and need some serious help! I am having networking problems ( i know this is not the topic to be posting in for that problem), but everywhere i look to fix that, it says i should recompile the kernel first. What program do i use to do that? I installed the kernel compiler that came with Fedora, but i dont know what it is called. I f someone could point me in the right direction i would be very grateful!

did you read the first page of this thread!?

Yes i did, it says how, just not what do use. Do i do all of this in the terminal?

yes

nothing i type in the terminal seems to work... i have tried make config, make menuconfig, and make xconfig, but it gives me some error message for all of them

u need the kernel source to began with. kernel source is locate at www.kernel.org

ok i got it to work somewhat, but when i type "rm linux" it says i am not allowed access. Same when i type ln -s /usr/src/linux-x.x.x /usr/src/linux (i know to replace the 'x' with the version number

u need to do all those stuff as root.

read the first post of this thread again (slowly, and carefully)

p.s: when i first tried linux, i began with a book call: Running Linux, from O'Reily, i think its a very good book, and you should keep one of those as for linux reference

Sorry if i sound like an ignorant little twit, but i dont see how i would do that as root. Is there some different way to log on? Or can i do it through the terminal? Thank you for your help so far though, and i will definetly check out that book!

in unix world, user permission is very important. root has power to do anything, then user acct, and then group acct, then guest acct.

if you wanna do system maintance, u need to be in root.



u don't need to restart computer and login as root.
just go to terminal, and type: su -



here's very decent online book you may wanna read, its not directly relate to your distro, but linux in general share same properities

http://www.slackware.com/book/

i understan that... so would i login as <username> root <password> rootpassword ?