[Mirrix16]

Ok, I am not sure if my problem is with the grub.conf, but that is my guess.

Let me say that I am a noob when it comes to Linux.

Currently I am running Red Hat 9 and i just installed a 3com NIC and ran a make config to try to get it to work. I compiled the kernal and copied it into my /boot/ directory.

Now this is what I added to the grub.conf

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8_Nov25a)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /Nov25a ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img

this is what I get when I do a reboot and choose this kernal.

ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally!
Mounting /proc filesystem
Creating block devices
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 19 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Freeing unusd kernel memory: 132k freed
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel.

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Steve

[blueworm]

This is what your grub.conf should look like...

Code:

default 4 
timeout 10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

#title=linux-2.4.21 
#root (hd0,0)
#kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.2.4.21 root=/dev/hda6 hdc=ide-scsi 

title=linux-2.4.22
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.2.4.22 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=off

title=linux-2.6.0test7
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.2.6.0test7 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=off

title=linux-2.6.0test9
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.2.6.0test9 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=off

Yours reads...

Code:

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8_Nov25a)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /Nov25a ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img 

Should read...

Code:

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8_Nov25a)
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/Nov25a root=/dev/hdaX #(note X is whereevre your root partition is) 

Make sure the name of your kernel matches the name in grub.conf