listmates, I am having difficulty installing a couple of kernels on 11.0 i586. I have installed them on my x86_64 box without any problems. I've been fighting it for a few hours and now need to cry for help... so... Help Please! I have installed: kernel-pae-2.6.32.11-1.1.i586.rpm kernel-pae-base-2.6.32.11-1.1.i586.rpm kernel-pae-devel-2.6.32.11-1.1.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.6.32.11-1.1.noarch.rpm From: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/hennichodernich:/backport-st... kernel-pae-2.6.31.12-2.1.i586.rpm is also available from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/hennichodernich:/backport-st... I did the same thing on my x86_64 box and the kernel booted just fine. (FYI both kernels work very well on 11.0, so you have a good upgrade path to 2.6.31 or 2.6.32 available) On boot the i586 system goes through the grub menu and I select the kernel to boot, and everything looks normal until it goes to mount the root partition. It then give the error similar to: waiting on mandatory device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541616J9AT00_SB044DCJEJS1BH-part2................... Then it asks to try the fallback device: /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HTS5416_SB044DCJEJS1BH-part2 (new kernel uses the 'ata-Hitachi-blahblah' 2.6.25.20-0.7 uses 'scsi-SATA_Hitachi-blahblah') The problem is that apparently there are no modules compiled into the initrd so it can't mount the ext3 partitions. I know it is a modules issue, because it couldn't even mount my usb-stick, giving the error: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'. To me it seems like a 'chicken and the egg problem'. You need the modules.dep file from the /lib/modules/<newkernel>, but you can't create it with depmod -a until you boot the kernel. (I know this is done all the time, but I can deduce where in the process this takes place) If you wait until you are ready to try and boot the kernel -> your hosed with this problem. This should be a simple fix, but the light bulb upstairs hasn't blinked on. What's the trick and what do I need to do to fix it? I booted the installed OS from the suse install DVD and reinstalled 2.6.25.20-0.7, so I now have all 3 kernels installed. After reinstall, 2.6.25.20-0.7 boot just fine so all the disk/by-id information in grub/device.map and menu.lst and fstab is fine. What say the experts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org