On 11/04/2010 02:12 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> dhk wrote: >>> I've always used the genkernel, but now am trying to make a manual one. >>> I think the kernel is alright since all the default setting seemed >>> reasonable and the build was easy enough. However, when I boot to it I >>> get a kernel panic and it complains about the root device /dev/hda3. So >>> I think the problem has to do with my parameters or syntax in grub.conf. >>> Below are three grub menu options. The first two have the problem and >>> the third is the genkernel that works fine. Is there something wrong >>> with the way the first two are? Thanks. >>> >>> # This is a Manually built kernel with default settings. kernel panic >>> title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r12 >>> root (hd0,0) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/hda3 >>> >>> # This is a Manually built kernel with default settings. kernel panic >>> title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r12 >>> root (hd0,0) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 >>> splash=verbose video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap udev >>> # From Documentation: video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768...@85 >>> >>> # This a genkernel and works >>> title Gentoo Linux x86 2.6.34-r6 >>> root (hd0,0) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.34-gentoo-r6 init=/linuxrc >>> ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 splash=verbose >>> video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap udev >>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.34-gentoo-r6 >>> >>> --dhk >>> >>> >>> >> >> When I get a kernel panic, it's usually because I'm pointing to the >> wrong partition or I forgot to include the file system that the root >> partition uses. Since the one you made and the genkernel match up, I >> would check to make sure you included the correct file system and it >> is BUILT IN not a module. >> >> Hope that helps or someone else comes up with another idea. > He does not have the ramdisk or initrd in his manual ones. That would > do it right there. Be sure to generate the ramdisk as well. >
The documentation doesn't say to use ramdisk or initrd for a manual kernel, only the genkernel.
