Problems compiling kernel on rawhide

[Eric Paris]

On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 00:09 +0100, Robert M. Albrecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to compile a kernel (to test a patched driver).
> 
> I installed the srpm, did an rpmbuild, ... all works.
> 
> After installing and booting the new kernel the systems hangs with
> 
> setuproot: /moving dev failed: No such efil or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /proc
> setuproot: error mounting /sys
> switchroot: mount failed ...
> 
> I think the systems does not load the storag-drivers (at least I don`t
> find their messages). The initrd is found and loaded, should the kernel
> have the drivers here ?
> 
> cu romal

I'd probably retry running mkinitrd by hand, I believe it will give you
decent error messages if the drivers aren't built/installed correctly
(assuming /etc/modprobe.conf is correct....)

man 8 mkinitrd

-Eric


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