Although I can't tell you what went wrong, don't reinstall yet. Using a windows machine, head over to tomsrtbt:
http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html There is a version to install from windows. With tomsrtbt, you will be able to mount your original root partition and fix the problem. Gil Elad wrote: > Hello, > > I've just finished recompiling the kernel for the first time ever. > Unfortunately, I've probably done something wrong, because I can't reboot > the system. The story goes like this: > When I tried booting my new kernel everything seemed to be going well, at > first. The kernel was uncompressed successfully and drivers were starting > to get loaded. Somewhere along the line, though, the boot process suddenly > entered an endless loop of > "kmod failed to execute .../modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c. error 8" messages. > I figured there was a problem in my module dependency database, and > rebooted the system SUCCESSFULLY using the OLD kernel. > I then proceeded to run "make modules", "make modules_install", and > "depmod -a". > I then tried to reboot the system using the new kernel with the new module > dependencies, and got the same message. > After that, when I tried booting the old kernel the system crashed giving > the error message: > "Code: Bad EIP value" > "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer deference at virtual address." > along with a register and stack dump, which I can't understand. > > I now can't boot the system from either kernel. Not even in single-user mode. > Unfortunately, I never made a rescue disk with a root partition on it, and > have no way of getting one. > > I've pretty much resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to reinstall, > but I would like to know what I did wrong so as not to make the same > mistake again in the future. > > TIA for any advice/information > > Gil Elad > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- David Raeker-Jordan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Harrisburg, PA, USA
