Re: tlug: Kernel rebuild problem

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Neil Booth wrote:

> I'm using RH 5.1, and have patched up to kernel 2.0.35. Recompiled and
> run lilo and everything's fine so far.
> 
> When I boot, I have the following problem. After (or in the middle of?)
> SCSI card checking, I get the following:-
> 
> "Unable to open initial console"
> 
> and it stops. I can load the old kernel no problems. My lilo.conf reads
> as follows:-
> 
> boot=/dev/sda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34-0.6
> 	label=linux
> 	root=/dev/sda1
> 	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.34-0.6.img
> 	read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35
> 	label=new-kernel
> 	root=/dev/sda1
> 	read-only
> append="mem=127M"
> 
> I have no idea what the "initrd" line is for the original kernel, so I
> omitted it for the new kernel. Do I need it? If so, how do I make the
> new .img file?

it's to load your SCSI module so that the root filesystem can be mounted
:).  RH's kernel RPMs don't automatically rerun mkinitrd, I guess. (TL's
do).  remake it with:

mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd 2.0.35

And then add:

initrd=/boot/initrd

to your 'new-kernel' section.  Then rerun lilo, reboot.

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