Custom kernel and FC3

[Justin Zygmont]

i'd recommend downloading the source rpm and applying your changes, then 
do a rpmbuild --rebuild if this would be suitable for you.



On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Anders Nielsen wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Sorry - I've posted before, but I'm trying again.
>
> I've got a custom built kernel (2.6.11) with no VGA access - I access
> it via the console port.
>
> The shipped fedora kernels work fine, but a custom built one doesn't :(
>
> It fails at boot time with:
>> kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
>> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
>> VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
>> Freeing unused kernel memory: 332k freed
>> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>
> - and then it freezes. I've parsed the same kernel parameters as when
> booting the shipped FC3 kernel. Do you have any ideas to what might be
> wrong?
> I've gotten a hint about block devices being the problem, but a
> re-compile doesn't work :(
>
> Got any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
>