Re: activate VFS for kernel with module support - how ?
Marc.Fleureck@cmlag.fgov.be (Marc Fleureck) writes:
> 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 ?)
>
VFS is the virtual filesystem. It is a layer below say ext2 of vfat.
You don't have to activate it, it is a part of the kernel.
I assume you have your root filesystem as ext2. You can't have ext2
as a module then. Check this.
Ciao,
Martin
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