--- Darryl Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I have this working well using the 2.4.18bf24 kernel. However, it fails on > both 2.4.20 and 2.4.21 kernels with the message unable to mount root fs. > This is the case even when the later kernels are compiled with the same > options as the working 2.4.18 kernel. A Google search reveals that there was > > a problem starting with 2.4.19 with the order of detection of IDE > controllers, but using the ide=reverse option does not help. Any ideas > welcome. >
I had the same problem with a Biostar MB and a promise 20276. Here are the relevant parts of the config that finally got things working (I used the latest Debian 2.4.21 sources): CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y CONFIG_MK7=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6 CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y CONFIG_X86_PGE=y CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_MCE=y CONFIG_MICROCODE=y CONFIG_X86_MSR=y CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y CONFIG_HIGHIO=y CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m CONFIG_PM=y CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUSMGR=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYS=y CONFIG_ACPI_CPU=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL=m CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y CONFIG_PNP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y CONFIG_MD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=y CONFIG_MD_RAID0=y CONFIG_MD_RAID1=y CONFIG_MD_RAID5=y CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=y CONFIG_XFRM=y CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=y CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC=y CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=4 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX=y CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=4 CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=32 CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=20 CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16=y CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000=y CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I=y CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I=y CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS=y CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP=y CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC=y CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280=y CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE=y CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710=y CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416=y CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T=y CONFIG_SCSI_T128=y CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F=y CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F_MAX_TAGS=8 CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR=y CONFIG_SCSI_NSP32=y ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
