Kernel Panic

[willthrom]

Hi,

I have installed a Red Hat Enterprise 5. It boot right which its kernel 2.6.X default.

I need to install a 2.4 kernel (i need load a old driver module).

When system boot with 2.4 boot messages is showed:

Mounting root filesystem
kjournald starting. Commit inetrval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device
Freeing usused kernelmemory: 164k free
Warning: unable to open an initial console
Kernel Panic Attempt to kill init

I check /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab

Boot detect the HD in hdc (it is a solid-memory HDD) (I dont have any other HD).
mount/fdisk detect particion in /dev/hdc too.

menu.lts say root(hd0,0) and I don't know why (becouse it has to be hd2,0. Kernel 2.6 boot with no problems.

What i missed?
I'm very lost right now. one day lost with that thing.

It seens like it doesn't find root althought boot process mounting it.

Thank you very much.

PD: why .config says #no set CONFIG_DEVFS_FS ?¿¿
if a try to set to y(yes), a compile error is showed. ¿Why config or menuconfig doesn't show this option?

[Segfault]

You better tell us what old module it is you cannot do without. Maybe there is a workaround. There have been significant changes since 2.6 kernel come out, I'd not even try to get 2.4 working on RHEL 5. It would involve downgrading lots of system libraries and services.

[Rubberman]

Actually, I don't think it would be possible to downgrade RHEL/CentOS 5 to a 2.4 kernel and expect the system to function in any reasonably reliable manner. If you have the kernel module code, you might be able to modify and build it for the current kernels, otherwise you need to contact the manufacturer or see if there is an FOSS kernel module for the device in question.