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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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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