2.6.17.13 initrd fiasco

[Net Llama!]

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 9/10/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> I built 2.6.17.13 today on a system that had been running 2.6.16.18 for
>> the past 100+ days.  I used the same kernel config to build 2.6.17.13 as I
>> had used for 2.6.16.18.  I built it with "make oldconfig && make all &&
>> make modules_install && make install".  All attempts to boot the 2.6.17.13
>> kernel kept failing with a kernel panic when attempting to mount the /
>> filesystem complaining that "could not mount /dev/root".
>
>> .  Guess what?!  It boots fine without the initrd.  I'm quite stumped on what
>> is going on here.  I'm glad that it boots now, but i don't get how the initrd
>> can be busticated like this when the kernel build process created it.
>> Anyone?
>>
>
> A kernel build/ initrd build bug to take up with the maintainers of
> your distro, ie file a bug.

I'm doubtful that's the problem, as I've built the same kernel version on 
other systems without this problem.

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