Re: Kernel panic booting woody 2.4.18 "root=301"

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Travis" == Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org> writes:

    Travis> Based on the theory that a kernel image would only depend
    Travis> on initrd-tools if it used an initrd.img, I checked the
    Travis> reverse depends section for initrd-tools and since at
    Travis> least 2.4.12[the first 2.4 kernel I've used, and still
    Travis> shows up cause it was on the CDs I used to install Debian]
    Travis> it was required[and this jives with my memory].  But your
    Travis> logic that the hard drive boots in another machine is
    Travis> unimpeachable so I can only assume that the boot floppies
    Travis> are different than the regular kernels, and I have never
    Travis> used the boot floppy kernel image so I will be quiet
    Travis> now. :)

Yes, 2.4.18-bf24 does not use an initrd image, though the other
kernel-image packagess in the 2.4.x series seem to.

Cheers!
Shyamal