[HLUG] kernel problems understood

[j michaelson]

i posted recently about building a new kernel for ubuntu and it giving
me error messages on booting. i think i know what the problem is now.

i checked /var/log/dmesg to find out what was happening (thanks for
the tip alan). it turns out devfs was missing and this was causing
all the problems.  i've looked into it and the 2.6.13 kernel that i
was using no longer uses devfs.

i'm going to download the 2.6.10 kernel that is used in ubuntu 5.4 and
play with that instead. i'll also get the 2.6.12 patch ready for when
ubuntu 5.10 comes out in a few days.

john michaelson.