compile kernel on Ubuntu 5.10

[Bob Nielsen]

On Jan 19, 2006, at 7:50 PM, A. Andria wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there anybody succedded compile kernel on Ubuntu 5.10 ?
>
> I'm stuck ..... it's never work.
>
> I have trying
> # download source (with apt-get source even from kernel.org)
> # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config
> # make menuconfig
> # make clean;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install;make  
> install;update-grub
> # reboot
>
> And always says .... "Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS : Unable to  
> mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)"
>


It looks like you did not make an initrd image.  Try the following  
(after the make-menuconfig step):

make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image

This will create a .deb file of the new kernel complete with all the  
necessary additional files, modules, etc., just as if you had  
downloaded a compiled kernel .deb package.  You then install this  
with 'dpkg -i <packagename>' and it will be installed along with the  
initrd, modules, etc.

It has always worked for me (except when I have forgotten the '-- 
initrd' part!)

I upgraded one of my Ubuntu 5.10 boxes to kernel 2.6.15 using vanilla  
source from kernel.org a few days ago.