Re: 2.4.18 doesn't find my root device.
I don't use kernel images, except when initially installing a sysytem.
I immediately recomple a kernel with options to support my devices.
Unfortunately in this case someone decided IDE wasn't common enough to
warrant making IDE support the default. Bad decision, IMHO.
Jim.
"Jamin W.Collins" wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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> Jamin W. Collins
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