Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-11-02 Thread John L Fjellstad
Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is this the recommended path to take? It's what I've always done in the > past, but I thought that perhaps it would be better to use a stock kernel > and thus automatically get newer versions when doing an upgrade of other > packages. I don't believe ker

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-27 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:09:04 -0400, 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

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-27 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya brian On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Brian White wrote: > > # initrd stuff > > Thanks! I eventually found this by, of all things, reading the > files in "doc". In my defense, I did look there before posting, but > either didn't see it or didn't recognize it for what it was. yup... if one do

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-27 Thread Brian White
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? a) either compile your own kernel ... or modify your initrd.gz file that corresponds to your

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-27 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:09:04 -0400, 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

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-26 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 07:26 pm, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Brian White wrote: > > 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

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-26 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Brian White wrote: > 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? a) either compile your own kernel ... or modify

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
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 ker

Re: Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Monday 25 October 2004 16:09, Brian White 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 k

Can't Boot 2.6 Kernel -- IDE is a Module

2004-10-25 Thread Brian White
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 i