linux-kernel - Re: could not find filesystem /dev/root

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Message-ID: <454F44B6.4090305@perkel.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:20:38 -0800
From:	Marc Perkel <marc@...kel.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: could not find filesystem /dev/root



Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 11:18 +0100, Mathieu SEGAUD wrote:
>   
>> Vous m'avez dit récemment :
>>
>>     
>>> Trying to compile a new kernel and getting this on boot
>>>
>>> could not find filesystem /dev/root
>>>       
>> sure it doesn't spit only this to you. Does it panic ? and do FC6
>> kernels use an initrd (I guess so) ?
>>     
>
> they do and it's more or less required there (for mount-by-label and
> many other things).
>
> But it's easy to do.
> In fact, if you use "make install" as the last step in your build
> process, the kernel build process will
> 1) copy the bzImage over to /boot for you
> 2) make an initrd for your system
> 3) add the kernel and initrd to grub for you
>
> this is a very convenient step that makes it very robust to do, and
> beats doing the manual thing even if you wouldn't do an initrd in terms
> of convenience..
>   

Yes - I run make - make modules_install - make install. It creates the 
initrd files and it alters grub. The stock kernel works and in the past 
compiling my own kernel this way worked. I even started with Fedora's 
.config file. to make sure I'm compiling the same stuff.


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