hi i recently installed Linux for the first time. i'm running FC3 and GNOME. after getting all of my hardware/networking stuff running and tested, then i ran the "red hat network alert notification tool", cause it said that there were several updates for me. one of the updates was from kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 to kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3. after that update, i have 3 GRUB options: FEDORA CORE (2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp) FEDORA CORE (2.6.9-1.667smp) WinXP when i try to boot the new 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp kernel, i get this message: ... Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. ide0: I/O resource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free. ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe Red Hat nash version 4.1.18.1 starting Reading all physical volumes. may take a while... No volume groups found No volume groups found No volume groups found mount: error 6 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none switchroot: mount failed: 22 umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! then the machine hangs, and i have to push the power button. kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 still works, and so does winXP. my searching on the web leads me to think that i need a new initrd. will a new initrd fix this? how do i make a new initrd. can this be done in a terminal while running the old kernel, or must i work from the command line before booting (where i've no experience) will i be able to have both kernels, along with winXP as boot options? any tips/suggestions/explanations will be appreciated. thanks roger __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
