[SOLVED]Kernel 3.0 boot problems.

Question

I recently built the 3.0 kernel (downloaded from kernel.org) and am trying to make it bootable.
After creating an image and editing grub, I get an error talking about how modules.dep was not found, that /dev/sda7 does not exist and can't be mounted to new_root, that I'm on my own and Good Luck, and then I get dropped to ram fs.
I listed the contents of the kernel26.img and kernel30.img and there is quite a difference even though they were both built using the same mkinitcpio.conf. kernel26.img was built with -p kernel26. I haven't found a preset for kernel30.
kernel26.img boots fine.
I think the .imgs need to be similar but I don't know how to make them similar. Or I could be completley wrong and on the wrong track. Any ideas?
kernel26.img listed:
/proc
/sys
/dev
/bin
/sbin
/lib
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/lib
/usr/sbin
/run
/dev/null
/dev/zero
/dev/console
/dev/mem
/bin/busybox
/lib/libc.so.6
/lib/libc-2.13.so
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
/lib/ld-2.13.so
/sbin/modprobe
/sbin/blkid
/lib/libblkid.so.1
/lib/libblkid.so.1.1.0
/lib/libuuid.so.1
/lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
/init_functions
/init
/config
/etc
/etc/modprobe.d
/etc/modprobe.d/usb-load-ehci-first.conf
/sbin/udevd
/lib/librt.so.1
/lib/librt-2.13.so
/lib/libpthread.so.0
/lib/libpthread-2.13.so
/sbin/udevadm
/lib/udev
/lib/udev/rules.d
/lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules
/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules
/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
/lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules
/lib/udev/firmware
/lib/udev/ata_id
/lib/udev/path_id
/lib/udev/scsi_id
/lib/udev/usb_id
/lib/udev/load-modules.sh
/etc/udev
/etc/udev/udev.conf
/hooks
/hooks/udev
/sbin/v86d
/etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf
/lib/modules
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/connector
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/connector/cn.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/uvesafb.ko.gz
/hooks/v86d
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/cdrom
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/sr_mod.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/libahci.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ahci.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/fs
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/fs/jbd2
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/fs/jbd2/jbd2.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/lib
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/lib/crc16.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/fs/ext4
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.alias
/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.symbols
kernel30.img :
/proc
/sys
/dev
/bin
/sbin
/lib
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/lib
/usr/sbin
/run
/dev/null
/dev/zero
/dev/console
/dev/mem
/bin/busybox
/lib/libc.so.6
/lib/libc-2.13.so
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
/lib/ld-2.13.so
/sbin/modprobe
/sbin/blkid
/lib/libblkid.so.1
/lib/libblkid.so.1.1.0
/lib/libuuid.so.1
/lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
/init_functions
/init
/config
/etc
/etc/modprobe.d
/etc/modprobe.d/usb-load-ehci-first.conf
/sbin/udevd
/lib/librt.so.1
/lib/librt-2.13.so
/lib/libpthread.so.0
/lib/libpthread-2.13.so
/sbin/udevadm
/lib/udev
/lib/udev/rules.d
/lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules
/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules
/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
/lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules
/lib/udev/firmware
/lib/udev/ata_id
/lib/udev/path_id
/lib/udev/scsi_id
/lib/udev/usb_id
/lib/udev/load-modules.sh
/etc/udev
/etc/udev/udev.conf
/hooks
/hooks/udev
mkinitcpio.conf:
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
MODULES=""
# BINARIES
# This setting includes, into the CPIO image, and additional
# binaries a given user may wish. This is run first, so may
# be used to override the actual binaries used in a given hook.
# (Existing files are NOT overwritten is already added)
# BINARIES are dependancy parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=""
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in anyway. This is useful for config files.
# Some users may wish to include modprobe.conf for custom module options,
# like so:
# FILES="/etc/modprobe.conf"
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
# This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
# No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS="base"
# This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
# work as a sane default
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems"
# This is identical to the above, except the old ide subsystem is
# used for IDE devices instead of the new pata subsystem.
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems"
# This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
# No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb filesystems"
# This setup assembles an pata raid array with an encrypted root FS.
# Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H raid' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS="base udev pata raid encrypt filesystems"
# This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS="base udev usb lvm2 filesystems"
HOOKS="base udev v86d autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. With kernels earlier than
# 2.6.30, only gzip is supported, which is also the default. Newer kernels
# support gzip, bzip2 and lzma. Kernels 2.6.38 and later support xz
# compression.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=""
Last edited by bsilvereagle (2011-07-27 23:29:25)

Answer 1

bsilvereagle wrote:
karol wrote:
bsilvereagle wrote:Oh, I have lts installed, I'd just like to have both kernel26 and 3.0.
linux 3.0 is just the next version of the kernel26, and we don't have versioned kernel yet https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16702
It's just the same as you uninstall foo-1.2.3 and install e.g. foo-1.2.4 or bar-1.0.0 if package foo gets replaced by package bar.
I know, I'd just like to be able to boot .38-ARCH and 3.0. I have problems w/ thermal and I'm trying to find the coolest kernel.
You could rebuild the original .38 arch kernel but name it differently, look at e.g. the kernel26-lts package or the lots of custom AUR kernels for references.