Arun Dev <nospam@pleaz.xy>:
>
> I just installed a basic etch 4.0r3 and got it updated.
>
> Then got the kernel 2.4.19 and compiled it the old-way:
> - make oldconfig

You got a Debian kernel, or a kernel.org kernel? Debian kernels don't
work with oldconfig, last I heard.

> - make menuconfig and changed ext3 from m to y (my root is ext3)
> - make
> - cp arch/..../bzImage /boot/vmlinux-xxxx
> - add a stanza to /boot/grub/menu.lst
> - grub-install /dev/hda (yes, an old 10 GB HD)
>
> The new kernel starts booting an halts at "Waiting for root
> device".
>
> Web-search says either problem of switching to udev or broken
> Grub. It can't be the former, because that transition was already
> done in etch. Then I "repaired" Grub menu.lst /dev/hda2 should
> be /dev/sda2 and in fstab too hda should be sda.
>
> Still the problem persists, booting stops "Waiting for root
> device"..
>
> I can boot into the former (original etch) Kernels, runlevel
> 2 or single-user. The new fstab with sda doesn't seem to hurt.
> But I can't make the transistion to 2.6.19 (and ultimately
> 2.6.24.
>
> I'm used to manual compilation, it should work here too.
>
> What am I doing wrong?


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