On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:48:28PM -0400, Tevfik Yücek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I screwed the stuff in the first step.
>
> I compiled the new kernel, copied the image to /boot/ directory and
> updated lilo.cnf and run lilo. However, I commented out the part for
> old kernel image. Now I have two options in the startup, my windoze
> partition and new kernel. When I tried to boot with new kernel I get
> the following error:
>
> Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on hda1
>
> I just copied the part in lilo.conf and changed the image= part.
> Anyway, is there a way to reboot my computer with old kernel and
> change the lilo.conf so that I can try to fix the above error? I
> have the installation disks for the linux.
I booted the system with CD1 and mounted /dev/hda1 to /mnt/hda1.
Then fixed lilo.conf and run "/mnt/hda1/sbin/lilo -C
/mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf" and had to fix some lines in lilo.conf to
point the directories/files *in* /mnt/hda1/xxx. Interestingly that
worked.
Another interesting point is that, I could mount /dev/hda1 only when
I use the CD to boot as "boot$ bare.i root=/dev/hda1" otherwise it
gave me some mount errors.
Now I have my old kernel back. I will try to find why the new kernel
is not working than I will try to fix the wlan card. Looong way to
go.
Thank you all for your suggestions
Tevfik
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 04:50:59PM -0400, Logan Tygart wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 16:09, Tevfik Yücek wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Does anyone knows how can I solve this problem, or can I?
> >
> > I solved my laptop's wireless difficulties by hiding the large hammer I
> > was going to use to wail on my wireless NIC and then I:
> >
> > 1. Compiled my own kernel with vanilla sources. The last time I did
> > this was with 2.4.25 some 143 days ago or so my signature tells me. It
> > should work with the latest 2.4 or 2.6 source.
> >
> > When I configured my kernel, I turned on:
> >
> > General: PCMCIA/CardBus support:
> > PCMCIA/CardBus support: Yes
> > CardBus support: Yes
> > i82365 compatable bridge support: Yes (this may vary depending on your
> > laptop)
> >
> > Network Device Support: Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
> > Wireless LAN(non-hamradio): Yes
> >
> > 2. Rebuild the pcmcia-cs package by hand with the source from
> >
> > http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net
> >
> > When I ran make config, I pointed the source to my kernel source
> > directory and I only answered yes to:
> >
> > Include 32-bit (CardBus) card support (y/n) [y]:
> >
> > then make all && make install
> >
> >
> > 3. Download the newest wireless card drivers from
> > http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan
> >
> > make config and answer the questions as they pertain to your laptop
> > then, make all && make install
> >
> > Finally, type depmod -a and then restart pcmcia. I do not know where
> > slackware keeps its init.d but with my Debian box its in /etc/init.d and
> > RH based creatures tend to keep theirs in /etc/rc.d/init.d but cd there
> > and issue a ./pcmcia restart command.
> >
> > You should now hear two beeps of the same tone and the LEDS on your
> > wireless NIC "should" alight.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > The Logan
> > --
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>
>
>
> --
> Tevfik Yucek
> Department of Electrical Engineering
> University of South Florida, Phone : (813) 974 0759 Office : ENB-245
> Url: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~yucek E-mail: yucek@eng.usf.edu
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