Re: install disk woes
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:57:13AM -0700, Duane Powers wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> sorry for the long post, I've posted to debian-user, no help, went to
> the irc channel, no help, and tried debian-isp. still no help. Didn't
> know debian had a list for the boot disks. :o\ anyway.
>
> I've built a custom kernel for my hardware, (compaq proliant 2500R with
> compaq smart2 array controller, and have put it on the rescue disk
> properly, I followed the guides on www.debian.org, and built ramdisk
> support in, see below for the .config for the kernel. I ran rdev.sh
> after copying the kernel to the floppy. I boot and before it prompts
> for the root disk, it says "This kernel does not have RAMdisk support"
> any clues? If I then insert a root disk, it kernel panics, with can't
> load filesystem on 02:00. I'm using kernel 2.4.5 and a standard rescue
> image from www.debian.org. (1.44)
You didn't build ramdisk support in. I think you need at least
these set:
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
Richard
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