Re: activate VFS for kernel with module support - how ?

[Pancho Horrillo <pancho@jet.es>]

Hi!

	VFS stands for Virtual File-System which is the way the Linux
kernel handles ext2: updating the changes in memory, and then
periodiodically to disk (syncing). As far as I know, it is included in
kernel, but not optable. I think your problem is that you haven't
specified where should the kernel mount the root directory i.e.,
/dev/hda1, or wherever. If you use loadlin you must say:

	loadlin zImage root=/dev/hd(wherever) ro

	If you use lilo, you must re-install lilo after installing the new
kernel. See lilo and lilo.conf documentation.

You could try 'make install' from the linux source directory, it will make
the dirty work for you ;-) (including lilo re-install)

Perhaps you have unselected the 'ext2' option, in filesystems. Select it,
and recompile.

Well, hope it helps!

Good Luck, and Happy New Year!


On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Marc Fleureck wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I compiled a new kernel with module-support. It tries to boot and 
> sais: "kernel panic VFS: unable to mount fs"
> 
> Seems logical. I didn't activate the VFS-module.  lsmod doesn't give it 
> in the list neither. I must load something.o with insmod. But where 
> can I find that something ? Should it be done manually once or do I 
> have to put it in some config file ? (/etc/conf.modules ? what does 
> it do ?)
> 
> Regards,
> Marc
> Ministry of Agriculture - Belgium/Brussels
> 
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