Compiling the Kernel

[Mark Maas <mark@menem.mine.nu>]

Hi All,

I've been trying to compile a kernel for a while now, followed some 
different routes, reinstalled the machine a couple of times to try 
booting in different FileSystems.

I followed how-to's like this one: 
<http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm> and others, But time 
and time again, i run into "Kernel Panic: unable to mount root fs."

Well, my file system is ext3, and I compiled it into the kernel, not 
as a module or nothing. Actually it is the ONLY change I made in the 
whole kernel compile.

I left everything else the way it was, and used the stock config 
file for kernels.

I'm missing something, but searching with google, only tells me to 
compile the used file system in or to build a initrd image. 
<http://www.google.com/search?q=debian+compile+kernel++unable+to+mount+root+fs.&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8>

Can anyone tell me what i'm missing, or perhaps show me howto's?

Thanks,
Mark