Upgrade to 2.6.0 kernel ext3 problem

[neylitalo]

I had RH9 with kernel 2.4.? and I downloaded the .rpm for the 2.6.1 kernel. I ran it, it ran without any errors but a few module dependency problems, which were easily fixed, and then I rebooted. Now, I get this when I try to boot up.

I have put in bold the lines I think might be important.

ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally!
Mounting /proc filesystem
Creating block devices
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 19 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed
Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

[neylitalo]

Oh, and one other thing that may be of interest. I have only this kernel. When I ran the .rpm, I typed "rpm -Uvh filename.x.x.x.rpm" so I no longer have the original 2.4.x kernel.

[mesut]

i think installing a kernel rpm is useless. You cannot configure it according to your needs.
Download the source and compile it! (do not forget selecting ext3 support)

[nikhil]

googling says that the errors you encounter might be due to the fact that linux cannot find an /initrd directory under root...
also are you sure you have ext3 file systme support in your kernel?

there was an earlier post in this same section regarding the same problem...you might want to check that out.

[Dolda2000]

The problem is that the device driver doesn't exist, which leads me to believe that you either have a faulty initrd, or your root device is configured incorrectly. Can you post your GRUB config?

[Hellmasker]

u should be able to create new initrd's with rpm kernels, just run mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.1-0.img 2.6.1-0

actually, looking a ur error message again, can u post about 2-3 lines before that, ie what caused insmod to fail.