On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:42 AM, sync <jiannma at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, guys: > > I attempt to compile a kernel on CentOS 5.3 i386 which is installed in the > Virtualbox machine, > and its kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5 ,the new kernel version is > 2.6.34.1 > > All make procedure is running ok. > I can generate initrd image with no problem too. > But, when I try booting this kernel, I get Kernel panic error message like > these: > > mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' Custom kernels are not supported by CentOS. However... that question was answered by a forum user some time ago. Please see my blog for more details: http://blog.toracat.org/2010/03/want-a-custom-kernel-on-centos-noooooo-really/ Akemi