Re: Sound Card

[jwt@example.com (Jim Tittsler)]

>I did make config etc.
>copied my zImage to /zImage

To replace the first one you call it /vmlinuz and then rerun LILO
so it can find the new one.  I generally want to keep the old kernels
around until I learn to trust the new one, so I do give it a new name...
generally something like /linux1.3.74.sound.

>Ran lilo etc .
>    cp /zImage to /dev/fd0 etc.
>
>When I`m booting up , I can see my Sound Card
>the
>  Kernel Panic : Can`t mount fs ( or something like this )

We probably are going to need more information to answer this.  But
here are some initial things to check:

1. The kernel doesn't know where the root file system is.  Try
   booting with LILO, giving it a command line argument like:
     vmlinux root=/dev/sdb1
   or for the name you gave it:
     zImage root=/dev/sdb1

   (Alternatively, double check the root= line which is in your
   /etc/lilo.conf file... and/or use the "rdev" command which
   can tell you what your kernel's default root is... and can
   be used to set it to the right thing if it is wrong.  "rdev -h"
   will give you short help.)

2. You didn't include the right SCSI adapter support.  Since there
   is no standard for SCSI host adapters, you need to make sure you
   have included support for the correct one in your new kernel
   when doing "make config".  (Did it find the SCSI host adapter
   and your drive(s) before the panic?)

3. You didn't include support for the file system that you used for
   the root file system.  In 99% of the cases, this is the "ext2"
   file system.  Make sure you said yes for this during "make config."