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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006> I have
installed Fedora Core 5 with kernel version 2.6.15.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>Now i have updated
and compiled the kernel version 2.6.16-13 with more debug
statements.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>When i rebooted the
system after compilation its not able to boot. Its giving kernel panic
:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006><STRONG>
Kernel Panic not syncing : VFS :Unable to mount root fs on
unknow-block(0,0)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>The grub file is
:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006> <STRONG>
</STRONG><EM>default=0<BR>
timeout=10<BR>
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz<BR>
hiddenmenu<BR> title Fedora Core
(<STRONG>2.6.16-Kernel-2.6.16.13.EL.PTY</STRONG>)<BR>
root (hd0,0)<BR> kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.16-Kernel-2.6.16.13.EL.PTY <STRONG>ro root=LABEL=/1</STRONG> rhgb
quiet<BR> initrd
/initrd-2.6.16-Kernel-2.6.16.13.EL.PTY.img<BR>
title Fedora Core (2.6.16-prep)<BR>
root (hd0,0)<BR> kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.16-prep ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb
quiet<BR> initrd
/initrd-2.6.16-prep.img<BR> title
Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)<BR>
root (hd0,0)<BR> kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb
quiet<BR> initrd
/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img<BR></EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>Upon changing the
grub file to :</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006> <EM> title
Fedora Core
(<STRONG>2.6.16-Kernel-2.6.16.13.EL.PTY</STRONG>)<BR>
root (hd0,0)<BR> kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.16-Kernel-2.6.16.13.EL.PTY rhgb
quiet<BR> initrd
/initrd-2.6.16-Kernel-2.6.16.13.EL.PTY.img</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>Its continously
rebooting without loading kernel .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>Can anyone
one help me on this?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=375160313-11052006>Thanks &
Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=375160313-11052006>Vasantha</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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