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Jamil Voss wrote:

> Hey, I am currently running a 2.4.21-0.16mm kernel, and I'm using 
> Mandrake. I am trying to move to a 2.6.8.1 Kernel. I have compiled it 
> and installed it; everything compiled perfectly normal as far as I 
> know. Yet, when I tried to boot the new kernel I got a kernel panic 
> (the first of a short series).
>
> mount: error 19 mounting ext3 flags Kernel panic: No init found. Try 
> passing init= option to Kernel.
>
> --Then after messing around with the ext3 options in the config, I 
> fixed that problem (well, in better words, "I changed the problem"). 
> No I was getting this problem:
>
> loading vmlinuz2681EBDA too big
>
> --I tried to fix that, but couldn't find what to change in the config. 
> I decided to just go ahead and try compiling it with the config from 
> the kernel I am currently using. I now get this message:
>
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (34,1)
>
> I get that message only when booting using grub. When I use lilo it 
> says something like "loading linux..." and stays that way.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I am eventually going to install an 
> echo layla24 multi-track recorder, but I wanted to first update my 
> kernel.
>
> -Jamil
>
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