Problem with Linux kernel panic (no init found)

[reckless]

hi there
if anybody can help me i ve been facing this prob and didn't find the answer , i ve compiled the kernel do these steps
my root is (hd0,4)
idid
make mrproper
make distclean
make xconfig
make dep
make clean
make modules
make modules_install
copy the image to the /boot
i am using grub so i did
mkinitrd arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13.1
copy vmlinux to /boot/vmlinux-2.6.13.1
edit grub.config in there ive a confusion at root=/LABEL /hdb scsi...

i put it same but when i was creating the bzImage it displayed root(3,7) what's that ?? should i have to change something in grub
i make changes to initrd that is made into the grub but

when i boot my PC it gives kernel panic no init found
can anybody help me out

 

[tux]

linux kernel panic

If ur compiling kernel for first time it is always recommend to us lilo inside of GRUB
lilo is straight forward

 

[tapa]

Re: linux kernel panic

Hello,

It nearly sure you have forgoten to defne initrd=/initrd.img. It is necesary to boot a 2.6 kernel.

Good luck


TaPa

 

[reckless]

Re: linux kernel panic

thanx i did it the problem was with the file system ext3 support in x config
thanx