problem with Lilo

mopelola · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

Hello Guys
Please can anyone tell me how to rectify this problem
??
I have just installed my Gentoo using
stage3-pentium3-2005.0.tar.bz2.
But I got a kernel panic error when I intend to boot
my gentoo.
This is the content of my lilo.conf file:
boot=/dev/hda
prompt
timeout=50
default=gentoo

image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
label=gentoo
read-only
append="init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3
ramdisk=8192"
initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6

other=/dev/hda1
label=windows

Please kindly assist me where the problem might come
from???

Thanks

nixnut · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:55 am Post subject:

Hi mopelola,

Welcome to the forums. Since you didn't post the error that you get it is not possible to say what is wrong. Have you searched the forums yet? Perhaps somebody has already solved your problem.
Make sure your kernel contains all the drivers for the ide/sata controller and the filesystems you created. Check that the kernel name you use in lilo.conf is the exactly same as the actual file name of the kernel.
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mopelola · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

Hi Guy
The error I got was just a kernel panic error.
But what i am just concerned about is the initrd and kernel name.
Please kindly tell me if the parameter I passed to both image and initrd is correct??

image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6

Thanks

nixnut · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:

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BlackMan890 · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject:

Those files should be correct if you followed the steps and used 2005.0 gentoo livecd.

When i installed my gentoo, i noticed that on the new version (gentoo 2005.0) the initrd had been changed into initramfs

I was a bit afraid at first to pass that argument but it worked.

sheltchin · n00b Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 1

hi mopelola,

i've been struggling with the same type problem for 2 days and finally got thru it (and i've been using lilo for years). it's just a typing error. you left out "root=/dev/ram0". also the example in the installation instructions leaves out "x86" in the initrd line which fooled me for a while.

while i guess there is a good reason for genkernel using this ramdisk method, but it seems pretty unique so isn't covered by documentation very well...

mopelola · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

Mine mine
Guys I am stucked with the kernel panic error. Please kindly help me further. There is are those 2 files in my kernel but I wondered why it gives the kernel panic error. Lilo didnt give a complaint when I /sbin/lilo. Everything worked fine. BUt to boot my kernel is the problem.
If there is a further advice I will quiet appreciate it.
Thanks
Mope

ce110ut · Apprentice Joined: 27 Sep 2002 Posts: 200

hi and welcome