How to make a initrd with the exact modules?

[Robin Bultot <Robin@Bultot.nl>]

Hi,

I'v been busy installing my debian 'sarge' kernel 2.6.9 for weeks now. 
My problem is my harddisk. I have a maxtor SATA disk with two partitions 
formatted as NTFS. The other two are formatted ext3 and one swap.

When I recompile my kernel I HAVE to do that with "make-kpkg --initrd" 
so it makes a initial ramdisk. The only condition is that I compile my 
ext3-drivers and sata-drivers as Module. I think that when I compile 
them as a module my initrd uses the modules in the ramdisk. Is this true?

What I want to know is how to make my own initrd with the drivers for 
sata, ext3 and ntfs(rw). I want to mount my NTFS partition at boot so I 
think I have to put them in my initrd.

Then I can go on and configure the rest of the kernel-config.

Can someone explain me which drivers I have to include in my initrd to 
boot my sata disk and mounting my ntfs at boot?

I tried something but it didn't work:

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sarge:/boot# mkinitrd --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod 
--with=ata_piix /boot/initrd.img-2.6.9 2.6.9
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: illegal option -- -

$Id: mkinitrd,v 1.201 2004/05/16 22:00:48 herbert Exp $

Usage: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd [OPTION]... <-o outfile> [version]

Options:
  -d confdir  Specify an alternative configuration directory.
  -k          Keep temporary directory used to make the image.
  -m command  Set the command to make an initrd image.
  -o outfile  Write to outfile.
  -r root     Override ROOT setting in mkinitrd.conf.

See mkinitrd(8) for further details.
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This is my boot list:

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sarge:/boot# ls -al
total 19424
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root    4096 2005-01-22 21:18 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 root root    4096 2005-01-22 00:59 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   55789 2004-11-25 05:22 config-2.6.8-1-386
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   47138 2005-01-22 20:39 config-2.6.9
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   56183 2005-01-08 19:41 config-2.6.9-2-686-smp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    4096 2005-01-22 23:55 grub
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 4395008 2005-01-21 23:01 initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 4169728 2005-01-22 21:18 initrd.img-2.6.9
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 4792320 2005-01-21 23:10 initrd.img-2.6.9-2-686-smp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  864503 2004-11-25 06:06 System.map-2.6.8-1-386
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  893728 2005-01-22 21:13 System.map-2.6.9
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  822824 2005-01-09 00:46 System.map-2.6.9-2-686-smp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1091964 2004-11-25 06:06 vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1359732 2005-01-22 21:13 vmlinuz-2.6.9
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1252573 2005-01-09 00:46 vmlinuz-2.6.9-2-686-smp
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The 2.6.8-1-386 image is the image which came with the installation.
The 2.6.9-2-686 image is the image I downloaded to recompile
The 2.6.9 image is the image I compiled.

Thanks in advance,

Robin Bultot