custom kernel will not boot!

[raffytaffy]

i compiled and installed 2.6.20.3 for feisty.

im getting this message during boot

/scripts/ext3-add-journal. sh :27 arith : syntax error : "0x"

/sbin/init : 426 arith : synatx error "0x"


what can be done? sidenote - i have installed many custom kernels on dapper and egdy and this is a first.

my grub entry looks like this

after fiddling with other topics on here..i came across someone saying that the new kernels recognize the hd's as SDA instead of HDA...so i change my grub conf and bingo!!! it works now.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20.3
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.3 root=UUID=500ba0e1-4803-42a5-90c4-737ad7e2780f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20.3
quiet
savedefault
boot

root is /dev/hda2

[Aessa]

Re: custom kernel will not boot!

Sorry, I don't have a solution, but also a problem.
I suppose it's down to my missing initrd for this 2.6.20.3 kernel.
I compiled the kernel in what I assumed was a normal way:
make xconfig then spends some time setting stuff
make
sudo make install

but then of course there's no initrd, so I was hoping you could tell me how you made a new one for this kernel. I've only once managed to compile a kernel, and that was back on RedHat a few years ago. Never tried it since... but it seems easier now. Didn't even get one error during make.

[raffytaffy]

Re: custom kernel will not boot!

sure - please follow my guide. i have updated it to the current feisty changes.
http://linuxnoobies.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=66