Hello Brian White (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> When I try to install a stock Debian kernel (2.6-386) on my system, it > won't boot any longer (VFS: Unable to mount root fs). The stock 2.2 > kernel that comes with Woody rescue disk boots fine. > > As far as I can tell, it's because the 2.6 kernel is compiled with IDE > as a module instead of including it in the kernel proper. Is there > something I still need to do to allow this module to be loaded? The kernel comes with an initrd (initial ramdisk) image. You need to configure your bootloader to use it. If you use lilo, and the kernel is symliked to /vmlinuz (i.e. if you can select it choosing the "Linux" entry), there should be a symlink /initrd.img pointing to /boot/initrd-2.6.?-386.img. Add a line initrd=/initrd.img to the Linux section of your lilo.conf and run lilo. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
