On Wednesday 16 June 2004 09:19 pm, Scott A. Henderson wrote: > If I follow this you removed the initrd support from the "Block Devices" > menu option. The default configuration is to have this "built-in" > > I am not sure I understand the second part o this referring to IDE and > ext3 those from what I can tell are part of the configuration already. > Can you clarify this point.
The weird reiser messages you saw probably meant you were having trouble with your initrd. (How did you compile the kernel anyway? Did you use make-kpkg or do it from scratch?) The other poster said that he just got around his own initrd troubles by getting rid of the need to have an initrd entirely. It's an initial ramdisk, a mechanism that makes it possible to compile everything in a kernel as modules, and then load the necessary modules at boot time. You don't need one if the modules you need in order to boot (in order to gain access to your root filesystem) are compiled directly into the kernel. This will normally *not* be the case if you're starting off with Debian's own config, so you'll need to tweak these options. (Change from M to Y.) -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
