According to Johann Spies: > On 26 Jun 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > > It also says (because of request_module[block-major-22]) that IDE disk > > support was not compiled into the kernel, which ofcourse poses a small > > problem if the root file system is on an IDE disk. > > Thanks Mike. That was the problem in the end. Some way or another I > made the wrong selection there in trying to enable scsi-emulation. > > BTW where do I read this information that enabled you to know that > block-major-22 refers to the IDE-disk?
Well, block major 22 is the major number of the second IDE disk driver. See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt Mike. -- Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers.
