new kernel fail

Dear friends,

I am rather new to Linux, but really want to have a try. I am running RedHat 7.2 with the kernel of
2.4.7-10. I just compiled the 2.4.12 and 2.4.16 Kernel, however, when I login to the system, I found that

1)

Login: root
Passwd:

bash: id: Command not found
bash: id: Command not found
bash: id: Command not found

[: Too many arguments

...

2) all the files under /home, /usr are missing, this happens both for 2.4.12 and 2.4.16, but when I login back to 2.4.7-10, the files are there again, I can't figure it out.

Any help is welcome.

Thanks.

Perhaps you forgot to include the filesystem these are using in your kernel...?

Ketil

Thanks a lot, Ketil,

I am using ext3 for 2.4.7-10, but during the kernel configuration, I can't find the option to include ext3, any suggestions?

Yao

2.4.12

again, I

EXT-3 was not introduced until 2.4.15.

By the way, why not just try the latest 2.4 tree, 2.4.20? If you have any problems with 2.4.12, or 2.4.16, the first thing that will probably be suggested will be to try 2.4.20.

John.

Looks like the order of your file partitions (or labels) got changed between kernel versions so that your 'slices' are not being mounted.

do df to see what got mounted. Try to mount the other paritions, first under /mnt, then later at there correct place after to inspect them under /mnt to see which is which.

After you have it all sorted out, change the entries in /etc/fstab to be correct for the next boot.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.