Very Computer

I was using SuSe 8.0, with kernel 2.4.18 and was exercising kernel compiling
by downloaded "linux-2.3.8.tar.gz" file

after compiling, I updated the lilo.conf file and rebooted but following
message appears, what did I do wrong ?  Could anybody know this can help me
?  the messages are like this.

"warning: unable to open an initial console"
"kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = open to kernel"

i am not sure you want to run 2.3.8 kernel.

but possible causes of your problem could be that it does not find
your / partition or it does not know where the startup scripts are.
chances are you could have had journaling filesystem that 2.3.x is not
aware of or you forgot to compile in the support for either fs or your
hard drives into the kernel.
good luck

Quote:> I was using SuSe 8.0, with kernel 2.4.18 and was exercising kernel compiling
> by downloaded "linux-2.3.8.tar.gz" file

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Eggert

Trust me andrey, you're better off downloading a new kernel rather than an
old development one. (Very old development one)

Get 2.4.19... Or if you DO want to play with a development one, get the
latest 2.5.x.

Make sure you compile reiserfs (under section filesystem) into the kernel,
not as a module.

Quote:> chances are you could have had journaling filesystem that 2.3.x is not
> aware of or you forgot to compile in the support for either fs or your
> hard drives into the kernel.