Dear Sir /Madame, Thank you for trying to help me but it didnot work. SO I am sending a more detailed mail to see if it is possbile to spot my error . I am using Red hat linux 4.2 on a intel machine i.e. 486 / 66 hp vectra with ide harddrive 850 , ne2000 network card , normal 1.44 floppy drive, color monitor . The installation is fine , it does work but I do get problem when I compile a custom kernel. I have consulted the kernel howtos, other manuals , faqs but could not seem to find an answer . These are the steps I followed :- 1)make mrproper 2)make config with minimum but necessary options such as fss,network support , etc . 3)make dep 4)make clean 5)make zImage and did copy zImage as /boot/vmlinuz 6)make module and install_modules etc . 7) copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot as vmlinuz and mv old vmlinuz as vmlinuzORG 7)edit lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo MY gcc version is 2.7 , a later one than the recommended one which is 2.6.3. These are the exact options I chose in make config :- the YEAHS or the one's where I chose " yes" 1)enable loadable module support 2)set version info on all symbols for modules 3)kernel daemon support 4)kernel math emulation 5)networking support 6)pci bios support 7)system v ipc 8)kernel support for a.out binaries 9)kernel support for elf binaries 10)compile kernel as ELf-if your gcc is elf-gcc 11)processor type-486 12)normal floppy support 13)loopback device support 14)ram disk support 15)initial ram disk support 16)network aliasing 17)Tcp /Ip networking 18)kernel networking link drivers 19)network device support 20)ethernet 10 or 100 mbit 21) other isa card support 22)ne2000 /ne1000 support 23)mandatory lock support 24)minix support 25)extended fs support 26)second extended fs support 27)xiaf file sys support 28)dos fat fs support 29)msdos fs support 30)/proc filesys support 31)system v and coherent fs support 32)bsd disklabel support 33)standard generic serial support 34)parallel printer support 35)mouse support 36)ps/2 mouse support 37)enchanched real time clock support as loadable modeles :-where I chose m for modules 1)dummy net driver support 2)plip support 3)ppp support 4)nfs support 5)smb filesys support 6)iso 9660 cdrom filesystem support But I get this message when I boot the new Kernel as Kernel Panic : This is what it looks like :- eth0:NE2000 found at 0X300 , using IRQ3 VFS:Cannot open root device 03:02 Kernel panic VFS : unable to mount root fs on 03:02 when I check with rdev zImage ,the one residing in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot it shows the proper root device . Please help me . I will be very grateful for your expert help . -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
