Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

[Leachim]

Hello, I have compilled my new kernel 2.6.20.5. My prevous kernel was 2.6.18.4-486.

I'm using Debian 4.0 r0.

My old kernel running ok, but when I want run Linux on my new kernel I get this message:

.......
md: md1 stopped.
mdadm: cannot open devide /dev/sda3: No such device or adress
mdadm: /dev/sda3 has wrong uuid.
mdadm: cannot open devide /dev/sdb3: No such device or adress
mdadm: /dev/sdb3 has wrong uuid.
mdadm: no devices found dor /dev/md1
umount: devfs: not mounted
mount: unknown filesyste type 'devfs'
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
cramfs: wrong magic
umount: devfs: not mounted
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open /dev/console: No such file
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I was compilling kernel my firt time on Debian. I used this tutorial.
Debian-Kernel-Compile-Howto - FalkoTimme.com

Can somebody help me? Thank you

[s13884]

code turns out that its problem of file system, which is not mounted at the time of compilation of new kernel, also you need to check for the 'pivot_root' file in your system, pivot_root file is responsible for the mount the old root file system,which is necessary for your new kernel file system support.
Look at the line 7 and 12 in your code 'umount: devfs: not mounted', I think your system not able to mount the old_root file system, and its only reason for your problem.

first of all you need to check out for the pivot_root file existence in particular folder. then try to mount your old_root file system, with command

'mount /dev/hda1 /new-root'
'cd /new-root'
then put your old-root in this folder
'pivot_root . old-root'

then
'exec chroot . sh <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1'

exec chrroot change the running executable, which is necessary if the old root directory should be unmounted afterwards.

'umount old-root'

try this than compile your new kernel.

Let me know if you have any problem,

cheers
-s