[Gllug] compiling kernel inside a VM

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Tue, July 12, 2011 02:00, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi,
> I hope somebody can help me. I am trying to compile the latest kernel
> (2.6.39.3 from kernel.org) inside a vmware virtual machine. I have not
> changed any kernel settings from default (the VM is x86 32 bit, but
> running on x86-64 machine). The kernel compile works fine. I had a problem
> initially with make modules_install which seemed to be resolved by copying
> a directory in /var/lib/dkms. However now when I reboot the machine and
> select the newly built kernel, it fails straight away saying it cant find
> the root filesystem.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Salsaman.
>
>

Ah OK, posted a moment too soon, fixed it now. Sorry for spam.

Salsaman.


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