Fabio De Francesco wrote:
After having compiled the kernel I get the following messages when booting without distinction the older kernel and the new one too.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) Loading module ips Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/SCSI/ips.o (ips0) unable to read config from controller /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/SCSI/ips.o: init module: no such device Loading module aic7xxx Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o scsi1: Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCB Loading module reiserfs.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno=2 VFS: Cannot open root device "sdg1" or 08:61 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:61
Did you make an initrd and reference it in your boot loader? If you're booting off a SCSI device, and you haven't put the adapter driver (and the filesystem driver) in the kernel, you need an initrd. This is basic, so maybe I'm insulting you for suggesting it, but it's easy to forget. Regards, dk