boot problem after compiling kernel 2.6.4

From: Tim Buchanan (holden_man_at_email.com)
Date: 03/26/04

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    Hey all,

    Just compiled the kernel 2.6.4 and now my system won't boot. I backed up
    the old kernel and I have restored it but the same thing still happens.
    Everything goes fine until the following appears:

    (I'm not sure how much of this is relevant)

    ERROR: Couldn't open /dev/null (Read-only file system)
    fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda1
    /dev/hda1: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a
    correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains
    an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the
    superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an
    alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8183 <device>

    ...

    INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
      -- /etc/rc.d/rc.mu --
    [Pauses for approx 1 minute]
    INIT: Id "c1" respawning too fast: disables for 5 minutes
    INIT: Id "c2" respawning too fast: disables for 5 minutes
    INIT: Id "c3" respawning too fast: disables for 5 minutes
    INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

    Does anyone know what this all means? any help would be appreciated

    Cheers
    Tim 

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