Re: Panic - Kernel 2.6.14.4

[Oleg Gritsinevich <olegg@ukrpack.net>]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 02:50:02PM -0600, Russ Cook wrote:
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> that was the problem.  I did not use the --initrd flag when compiling
> the kernel.  As an aside, is it inherently necessary to use initrd?  If
	No it is not necessary, but usage of initrd is widely adopted
practice.
> the appropriate disk driver is compiled into the kernel (not as a
> module) can
> the kernel be compiled and loaded successfully without initrd?
	It can but also you have to compile into the kernel a driver of root
filesystem.

P.S. Note: on recent kernels mkinitrd may fail to create initrd image.
You have to use yaird in this case.
apt-cache show yaird

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With best regards, Oleg Gritsinevich