Izgleda da nisi ubacio podršku za fajlsistem na kojem je / particija u taj novi kernel.
Okači fstab i /boot/grub/menu.lst pa da vidimo ima li leka, da bar digneš sistem sa starim kernelom.

_{[Ovu poruku je menjao MladenIsakovic dana 19.04.2007. u 01:45 GMT+1]}

ovo bi bio menu.lst
title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.17-11-386
root (hd1,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-386 root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-386
quiet
savedefault
boot

title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.17-11-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd1,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-386 root=/dev/sda7 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-386
boot

title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root (hd1,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault
boot

title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
boot

title Linux Mint, memtest86+
root (hd1,6)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hdc1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Linux (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title slack-2.6.18.8 (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz2 root=/dev/sda2 ro
savedefault
boot


a ovo fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda7
UUID=9e82dbbc-8512-4497-84d8-603a4df9274f / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hdc1
UUID=084CE72A4CE7116C /media/hdc1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/hdc5
UUID=45D7-1F15 /media/hdc5 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/hdc6
UUID=45D7-4917 /media/hdc6 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=c8ea1e59-145b-413a-a650-f8f514ddaa44 /media/sda2 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda6
UUID=4604-3E11 /media/sda6 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=273d6fe4-7a48-488f-9043-f19031d032f5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

Ovo što si okačio, deluje ok. Očigledno si zaboravio da uključiš podršku za ext3 fajlsistem prilikom kompajliranja kernela.

Recimo da si bio u pravu, "Očigledno si zaboravio da uključiš podršku za ext3 fajlsistem prilikom kompajliranja kernela.", a zasto mi se onda desio isti problem instaliranjem Bluewhite64 koji je baziran na Slackware-u, i u osnovi ima kernel 2.6.17.13 ?

Pa npr. pada mi na pamet da je grub nešto zabrljao u MBR možda. Probaj ga reinstalirati, ili instalirati Lilo čisto da vidiš kako se ponaša. Trenutno nemam neku drugu ideju.

Slackware po default-u nema ext3 podršku ubačenu u kernel već je ona dodata preko modula. Initrd se mora napraviti, osim ako je / na ext2. Sad je pitanje da li si pri kompajliranju krenuo od njegovog .config-a ili si krenuo od nule.