Problem getting new kernel to boot

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Author: KevinBrownkevin_brown@uswest.net
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Subject: Problem getting new kernel to boot
OK, first the setup. This is a PPro 200 with 128MB Ram. It has RH6.2 installed
with the 2.2.16-3 kernel (precompiled rpm binary). I downloaded the tar.gz of
2.2.17, uncompressed it to /usr/src/linux-2.2.17. configured it, compiled it
(no errors), moved the bzImage to /boot and edited /etc/lilo.conf to default to
the new kernel, run lilo and reboot. Upon rebooting I get a kernel panic and a
message that says to try to set init to something.

At this point i try to reboot and at 'lilo:' type 'linux init=3'. Again kernel
panics. I can get back into the system thanks to the previous kernel.
Unfortunately the box is at school so I don't have the exact message. I'm
stumped as to what to do. I looked in a couple of the books I have, but of
course they don't mention much about kernel panics. Any suggestions?