On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Gill, Vern wrote:
> Sam Flory wrote:
> Recompile your kernel with ide disk support compiled directly into the
> kernel and not as a module. You aren't loading a module(s) correctly
> from the initrd.
>
> I am not using initrd. I should not have to use it. The laptop does not.
> 2.4.0 worked beautifully on it without the ide in the kernel. It is a
> module there, and there are no problems with it. The lilo.conf entry for
> it uses the exact same root= as the default RH kernel installed
> initially. I do NOT want the ide in the kernel. It should not have to be
> there. There is some other problem, I just don't know what.
>
>
Why do you not want IDE disk support in the kernel? You will need it to
access your root file system. It has to be there, or you need an initial
RAM disk with the IDE disk module in it for the system to boot. There is
no way around that if your root file system in on an IDE drive.
Mikkel
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