Re: Why do I need mkinitrd with 2.6?

[marco <m.scholten@chello.nl>]

I had the same error,
i had to compile ext3 and reiserfs and scsi into the kernel (not as a 
module) to solve it



On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:30:22 -0500, Jeff Mitchell <jam6@cec.wustl.edu> 
wrote:

> Hello--
>
> For whatever reason I can't boot up a 2.6 kernel (on Sarge-testing)
> without using mkinitrd to generate an initrd file.  No Debian 2.6 HOWTO
> I've read has this step, and a friend who has build kernels on
> Woody-testing has never had to do it.
>
> If I don't have an initrd and appropriate line in /boot/grub/menu.list,
> I get the following:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>
> Using mkinitrd (having it scan the directory with the 2.6.4 modules),
> copying the output to /boot, and configuring menu.list to use it makes
> my kernel work just fine.
>
> Can anyone tell me why this is happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff



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