Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263669AbUDGOHy (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:07:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263811AbUDGOHx (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:07:53 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:55944 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263669AbUDGOHl (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:07:41 -0400 Subject: Re: panic when adding root=/LABEL=/ in grub.conf - newbie From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: sting sting Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-78p8GY5AzLqdPgyEvAgi" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1081346855.4680.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:07:35 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1422 Lines: 45 --=-78p8GY5AzLqdPgyEvAgi Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 15:37, sting sting wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I am working with kenel 2.4.20 on Intel x86. > Now I Had downloaded a kernel source to a different folder and build it. > I added an entry in grub.conf > When I choose to load that kernel everything is OK. > It works wth no problem. > But under /boot I see nothing of the original files (there is only one fi= le=20 > there , kernel.h). you need to use an initrd if you want mount-by-label to work for your root filesystem. on a RHL or Fedora system (and I suspect other distros too but I don't know for sure) just doing a "make install" in the kernel source will make one for you and put the kernel you just build into the grub config etc etc etc. --=-78p8GY5AzLqdPgyEvAgi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAdAsmxULwo51rQBIRAhlxAJwPGp5IrMJaoDPlDrOp6pCua6MUPgCgpTOC SJH2UfUmUUwt0w/J0oo/Zbc= =fxKL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-78p8GY5AzLqdPgyEvAgi-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/