Further to this, if I do the mk_initrd with a difference initrd, I get a different response, that is, using the suse (cloneconfig) as a base: mk_initrd -k vmlinuz.rjsf -i initrd.suse / read_super_block: bread failed (dev 03:02, block 8, size 1024) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 mk_initrd -k vmlinuz.rjsf -i initrd / # <- minus '.suse' read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 03:02, block 64, size 1024) status error: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest} drive not ready for command read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 03:02, block 8, size 1024) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 Could the fact that this is an encrypted file system have anything to do with this? Richard Foley Ciao - shorter than Aufwiedersehen -- ps. sorry about the ubs sig. (below) - can't get rid of it, for the moment :-\

-----Original Message----- From: Foley, Richard Sent: Dienstag, 19. November 2002 17:34 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Cc: dglenn@charter.net; ben@whack.org; wiersig-ml@dns.glamus.de; Manfred.Tremmel@iiv.de; zentara@zentara.net Subject: RE: [SLE] Problem compiling vanilla SuSe 8.0 kernel on Vaio - hangs on reboot - with cloneconfig!

IMHO cloneconfig doesn't do what it says it does.

So - just for clarification, my typical process is to go into a vanilla SuSE linux dir and type the following:

cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE make mrproper make cloneconfig make menuconfig # <- _change_ to crusoe processor _only_! make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz.rjsf mk_initrd -k vmlinuz.rjsf -i initrd.suse / lilo

lilo entry as follows: image = /boot/vmlinuz.rjsf label = rf root = /dev/hda2 vga = 788 initrd = /boot/initrd append = "ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off ide2=0x180,0x386 mem=256M"

result: read_super_block: bread failed (dev 03:02, block 8, size 1024) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02

This takes 1.5 hours, to find out ...sigh...!

Richard Foley Ciao - shorter than Aufwiedersehen

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