Re: Problem with kernel boot with version 2.4.25 or later

[Scott A. Henderson]

The following is how I compiled the kernel tar jxf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar.bz2 ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 linux cd /usr/src/linux cp /boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4 ./.config make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --config menuconfig kernel_image I understand a little about initrd now but I am not sure how the config options would be tweaked or even which ones to tweak.  I tried removing the initrd from the configuration but this had no effect on the issue.  I also looked at what I thought was the config options  for the ide and this appeared to be compiled into the kernel so I left these unchanged.  It is also completely possible that I looked at the wrong config options. Some guidance on what options should be tweaked from the default bf24 config would be helpful. Thanks Silvan wrote: 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.) -- Scott Henderson ========================================== Finite Technologies Incorporated 3763 Image Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Phone: 907.337.2860, Fax: 907.333.4482 http://www.finite-tech.com http://www.chillywall.com http://www.virtuale.cc http://www.mphage.com ==========================================