Kernel panic at 2.6 boot

**DoctorDan** · 10-29-2005

Debian Sarge, old dell 350 mhz, p2, current working kernel: 2.4.27

Alright.. i configured and compiled my 2.6.14 kernel, moved it into boot, and changed my menu.lst. This is all i did before boot-up. im using my 2.4 initrd.img (i was told this shouldnt be a problem, but truthfully i dont really know what it is). At boot-up i get the following error:

Code:

initrd-tools&#58; 0.1.81.1
mount&#58; unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
modprobe&#58; Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.6.14/modules.dep
modprobe&#58; Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.6.14/modules.dep
umount&#58; devfs&#58; not mounted
mount unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
umount&#58; devfs&#58; not mounted
pivot_root no such file or directory
/sbin/init&#58; 432&#58; connot open /dev/console&#58; no such file
Kernel panic - not syncing&#58; Attemped to kill init!

What do you linux gurus expect my problem is? is there anything i need to do before boot (possibly module-related?)?

Thanks,
Dan

PS: i am in a continuous google search with noting found so far. if i figure out any of my problem ill post here.

**genesus** · 10-29-2005

did you compile devfs support into the kernel?

**DoctorDan** · 10-29-2005

i suppose its possible that i didnt, but i think i did. i will check. do you think that would solve my problem completely? if i run make menuconfig will it have my saved settings from the last time i ran it?

**genesus** · 10-29-2005

make menuconfig save previous changes, which is a godsend considering how god****ingaweful it is to compile a kernel sometimes...

**DoctorDan** · 10-29-2005

i have found that devfs is completely removed from 2.6.14 and only udev is used. i searched and found no options for either udev or devfs. this is messed up pretty good.

**genesus** · 10-29-2005

udev is now automatically included in the kernel I think, take a look at the lines in your grub.conf or lilo.conf and see if devfs needs to be removed anywhere, and you can always use an updated initrd...

**DoctorDan** · 10-30-2005

woo she works!

had to make a initrd.img!

new problem: /dev has no sda sdb, etc
now it shows a bunch of ptyxx ttyxx things (x is a letter or number)

kinda makes me mad

_Dan

**genesus** · 10-30-2005

hmm, that's odd, I still have my /dev/sxxs

Thread Tools

Display

Kernel panic at 2.6 boot

Posting Permissions