[SLE] unable to get kernel (from kernel.org) to work

From: Jeff Hoare (jhoare_at_paradise.net.nz)
Date: 11/01/04

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    Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:41:00 +1300
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    Hi,
    I'm trying to compile a kernel for my 8.2 system. I thought that I would
    try 2.6.9, but It won't mount the root filesystem.

    I use grub and here is my entry in grub

    title linux-2.6.9
         kernel (hd0,2)/boot/bzImage-2.6.9 root=/dev/hda3 showopts splash=silent

    I also use reiserfs 3.6 which I compiled into the kernel to eliminate
    any problem I might have with using an initrd.

    I get the following error just after it tries to mount the filesystem

    ide failed opcode was: unknown
    ide0 reset: success
    hda read_intr: status=0x59 { Driveready SeekComplete DataRequestError}
    hda read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound } LDAsect=116966416
    sector=116966416

    Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown
    block (3,3)

    I haven't done this for a long time, but thought I'd like to try out the
    preemptive kernel. I have also upgraded:

    (installed) module-init-tools - module-init-tools 3.0-pre10

    I couldn't get anything using reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs, but
    reiserfsck -V gives 3.6.4. Everything else is >= to the minimum versions
    specified.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated. Oh and build process:

    1. make bzImage
    2. make modules
    3. make modules_install
    4. copy image and system map to /boot.

    Regards Jeff 

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