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Re: 2.4.18 doesn't find my root device.



On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 07:52:41AM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:

> 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.

You seem to have missed the point with the 2.4.x kernels, they are
configured to use initrd images.  The didn't remove IDE support from
default, they've simply changed the requirements and made things much
more flexible.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins



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