From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261872AbULGSOk (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:14:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261875AbULGSOk (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:14:40 -0500 Received: from ctb-mesg4.saix.net ([196.25.240.76]:49830 "EHLO ctb-mesg4.saix.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261872AbULGSOh (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:14:37 -0500 From: "Niel Lambrechts" To: Subject: RE: kernel panic after changing processor arch Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 20:14:30 +0200 Message-ID: <000901c4dc88$99079350$0a00000a@MERCKX> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I am trying to recompile using processor architecture > PENTIUMM instead of i586/i686. > > Mkinitrd is used to create an initial ramdisk, but upon reboot I get: > > reiserfs: version magic '2.6.8-24.5-default PENTIUMM REGPARM > gcc-3.3' should be '2.6.8-24.5-default 586 REGPARM gcc-3.3' > insmod: error inserting > '/lib/modules/2.6.8-24.5-default/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.k > o': -1 invalid module format Waiting for device /dev/hda3 to > appear: ok > rootfs: major=3 minor=3 devn=771 > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(3,3) Problem caused by user error. lilo.conf boot stanza for the new image was pointing to the wrong kernel in /boot... Difficult to spot since the erroneous entry had the same kernel version. (lame excuse). besides. I was tired. ~ Niel