ok, got me a new kernel and some modules ... now what?

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:

>   sadly, that didn't work as well as it might have:
>
> "Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)"
>
> that suggests the initrd image was not built properly?  and,
> annoyingly, there is no timeout that allows me to select the original
> kernel to boot.  time for a live CD and some repair, i guess.  not
> like i haven't been down *this* road before.

If you're building your own kernel - something I've not done in about
4-5 years here; I've not encountered any need to since about '05 or
'06, and then, I was only doing it from curiosity - then why bother
with an initrd? At least earlier on in the 2.6.x kernel series, it was
perfectly possible to just compile in whatever drivers you needed -
the ATA family, for most people these days - and do without, which
made life /much/ easier with a home-built kernel.

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