Unable to change kernel after installing Suse 9.3 professional

[straj9599]

I am trying to change the default kernel that was installed by Suse 9.3 professional. The default kernel is 2.6.11.4-20a. I am changing it to 2.6.9. I downloaded this kernel from www.kernel.org.

I succeeded in completing the build of the new kernel but while booting the system I get the following error message.

Waiting for device /dev/hda2 --- It then goes into a shell and the boot fails.

My steps to build the kernel are as follows:

In the linux-2.6.9 directory:
make mrproper
make xconfig (I used the config file in the /boot directory and loaded that)
make
make modules_install

copied the System.map file to /boot and called it System.map-2.6.9
copied the bzImage file from arch/i386/boot to /boot and called it vmlinuz-2.6.9

Did the following in /boot directory
/sbin/mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.9 -i initrd-2.6.9.img -d /etc/fstab

Modified the menu.lst file in /boot/grub appropriately.

When I go to boot it, get that message.

PS: I was able to do the 2.6.10 kernel on the same machine. I even used the .config file from the 2.6.10 kernel.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,

STRAJ[/b]

[loft306]

???? why are you going back to an older kernel?

[happypunter2000]

Same problem here (though I have it with 2.6.10 as well). I for one am going back to an older kernel, because I have a pc here with an Intel536EP modem. This baby don't work under 2.6.11 anymore, have tried everything I could find in the posts. There are working patches available for 2.6.10 and below though...

[happypunter2000]

If you're still interested, here's a solution: did you by any chance upgrade from SuSE 9.2 to 9.3? I did, and I've found that the package mkinitrd wasn't upgraded. I upgraded it manually and now things are working fine!