problems patching

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problems patching

Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:16 pm

I patched and configured the linux kernel 2.4.22 with the grsecurity
but my machine doesn't start with the 2.4.22-grsec kernel
I get this error message
VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" on 00:00
please append a correct "root=" boot option
VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
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Postby spender » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:35 pm

Does the 2.4.22 kernel with grsecurity completely disabled boot?
Does the 2.4.22 kernel without grsecurity patched in boot?

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Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:48 pm

nope I still have the old kernel runing ok
and the in the boot it seems there is nothing wrong
I have no idea what kind of error is that
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Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:51 pm

and no the kernel 2.4.22 was the sourcecode I patched it first and the installed it...
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Postby spender » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:03 pm

Can I get a yes/no answer to both questions? I couldn't interpret your responses.

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Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:04 pm

that's a no to both of them
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Postby spender » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:30 pm

Did you remember to rebuild your initrd image?

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Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:38 pm

I made the image
but still not working
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Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:47 pm

I got this in the /boot
initrd-2.4.22-grsec-1.9.12.img
initrd-2.4.22-grsec.img

I only made the image for the second one...
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Postby spender » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:53 pm

No idea then, as I don't use initrd myself. Have you considered just compiling in the code used for your root filesystem and hard disk driver?

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Postby arpahosting » Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:07 pm

no I didn't because I read on some help stuff that it's better to install on a kernel source.. clean one
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