please help about etch

On Fri, 2007.11.30 16:22, chloe K wrote:
> 2/ I follow the link
> http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html to compile
> the kernel. 2.6.18
>
> final step dpkg -i ../linux-image-2.6.18_custom.1.0_i386.deb is ok too
>
> When i boot up the new kernel, it said
>
> cannot open root device "hda3" or unknow-block(0,0)
> please append a correct "root"=boot option
> kernel panic
>
> I only change one to support large memory, other remains unchange
> What wrong I did?

It seems that you did not use the --initrd option of make-kpkg, which will
cause an initrd to be created when the kernel package is installed (and grub
will add the initrd line).

For this custom kernel you've already built and installed, you should be able
to run "update-initramfs -ck 2.6.18" (You may need the "_custom.1.0" here too)
and then "update-grub" to fix the problem.

Hello,

> 1/ I use this url to install apache2
> http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_etch_p6
> but don't know why port 443 is not working. https://ipaddress doesn't
> work but http://ipaddress is fine
>
> the port 443 is listening in netstat -anp
> Do I need to configure server.key and server.crt in it? which file?
>
Not an expert but you need a key and a certificate (even if self signed)
to make it work.

In my config :
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl.crt/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl.key/server.key

I don't remember how to generate these files, google will tell you.

you may also need to add :
SSLSessionCache none
SSLSessionCacheTimeout 600

If you have more traffic than me with your server, you may want to setup
a proper ssl cache. (see
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslsessioncache)

>
> 2/ I follow the link
> http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html to
> compile the kernel. 2.6.18
>
>
> final step dpkg -i ../linux-image-2.6.18_custom.1.0_i386.deb is ok too
>
> When i boot up the new kernel, it said
>
> cannot open root device "hda3" or unknow-block(0,0)
> please append a correct "root"=boot option
> kernel panic
>
> I only change one to support large memory, other remains unchange
> What wrong I did?

Did you compile your kernel with initrd support?
If not either include support for your hard drive directly into the
kernel or add initrd support (option --initrd of make-kpkg).
If you already have support for initrd check that your boot loader
effectively load the correct initrd image.

regards,
strawks