On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Claudiu Balciza wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I just installed RH7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22) on a Compaq Server.
> The SCSI adapter is a ncr53c8xx type.
> the stock kernel boots just fine making use of a ramdisk
>
> then I recompiled the kernel with the scsi driver compiled into the kernel
> now it won't find the root partition and "kernel panic"
> the driver seems to load just fine... but it cannot seem to find
> block-major-8
> why is it looking for the scsi driver as a module ?
>
> what am I missing ?
> why is the stock kernel working with the same driver as a module ?
> should I compile it as a module and generate the initial ramdisk ?
>
> TIA
> Claudiu
>
Did you make also compile SCSI support and SCSI disk support into the
kernel, or just the ncr53c8xx driver? If SCSI support or SCSI disk
support is compiled as a module, you will not be able to boot without an
initial ram disk.
After you get it booting, you will probably want to edit
/etc/modules.conf and remove the SCSI entries...
Mikkel
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