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Re: 2.4.18 doesn't find my root device.



On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:17:19 -0400 Jim Lynch <jwl@sgi.com> wrote:

> Well it seems that supporting IDE devices isn't the default at 2.4.18. 
> I had to turn them on, as Jerome suggested.  Strange system.  scsi
> emulation still doesn't work.  It can't find the cdrom driver.  Of
> course it can't you fool.  I compiled it into the kernel.  What a piece
> of trash.  

If you use the kernel-image-2.4.18 as intended (with an initrd image), it
does work.  It does support IDE by default and various SCSI controllers. 
I've used several variations of the kernel-image-2.4.18 package to
include:

  -586tsc
  -686-smp
  -686
  -k6
  -k7

All with no problem.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins



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