Very Computer

by **Dan Barne** » Sat, 10 Feb 1996 04:00:00

After having my system up on Linux 1.2.13 (Slackware 3.0) for several
days, I ran did a make config to add my soundcard support. Recompile
took about 36 minutes, copied /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to
vmlinuz in root, and rebooted. Boot proceeded normally until the
following:

19:54:27 CST 1996
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:41

I can boot from floopy boot disk fine. I went back and did another mak
config and answered no to Sound Card Support, and recompiled, and get the
same result. I haven't a clue. >Obvious Newbie! :-) <

My hardware configure configuration is as follows:

486DX4/100mhz on ASUS VL/I GX4 Motherboard
/dev/hda1 WD 540MB Dos (entire drive) >boot flag toggled<
/dev/hdb1 WD 420MB Linux Native (400mb) >boot flag toggled<
/dev/hdb2 Linux Swap (20mb)
/dev/hdc1 Syquest 135mb Cartridge drive

After my original installation, all worked great, talking to all hardware
with no problems.

Any clues would be greatly appreciated.

TIA, Dan

by yo » Sun, 11 Feb 1996 04:00:00

As root, type "rdev /vmlinuz" at the shell prompt. If it tells you
that the root is anything other than /dev/hdb1, you should change
it with "rdev /vmlinuz /dev/hdb1".

>After having my system up on Linux 1.2.13 (Slackware 3.0) for several
>days, I ran did a make config to add my soundcard support. Recompile
>took about 36 minutes, copied /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to
>vmlinuz in root, and rebooted. Boot proceeded normally until the
>following:

>19:54:27 CST 1996
>Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:41

>I can boot from floopy boot disk fine. I went back and did another
mak
>config and answered no to Sound Card Support, and recompiled, and get
the
>same result. I haven't a clue. >Obvious Newbie! :-) <

>My hardware configure configuration is as follows:

>486DX4/100mhz on ASUS VL/I GX4 Motherboard
>/dev/hda1 WD 540MB Dos (entire drive) >boot flag toggled<
>/dev/hdb1 WD 420MB Linux Native (400mb) >boot flag toggled<
>/dev/hdb2 Linux Swap (20mb)
>/dev/hdc1 Syquest 135mb Cartridge drive

>After my original installation, all worked great, talking to all
hardware
>with no problems.

>Any clues would be greatly appreciated.

>TIA, Dan

by **STEVEN JOHN ROBERT** » Sun, 11 Feb 1996 04:00:00

First reinstall the default kernel from slackware.
When you compile the kernel after make config
do make dep;make clean;make zlilo
this will install vmlinuz automatically,
save your existing kernel to vmlinuz.old
and System.old and runs lilo for you.
The sound configuration should make no difference.

Hope this helps

steve
- Its better to burn out than fade away
- Still smokin' :-)'

by **Sjoerd Kro** » Tue, 13 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Did you also ran lilo after the compile??
Lilo puts some info about the vmlinuz file in a kind of a map.
If you're vmlinuz is different when you reboot, the info in
that map isn't correct anymore and that gives you the panic.

So after changing to a new vmlinuz run the lilo program (just
type in the command : lilo

Hope this helps.

Greetings,
Sjoerd

Very Computer

Kernel PANIC after recompile!

Kernel PANIC after recompile!

Kernel PANIC after recompile!

Kernel PANIC after recompile!

Kernel PANIC after recompile!