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Re: hangup during boot (kernel 2.4.27)



Michiel Jansen wrote:
> James Vahn wrote:
>> Michiel Jansen wrote:

>>>No my customized kernel does not load an initrd.img file. It is also not
>>>generated during kernel compilation.

>>Is ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support built in?
>>PCI IDE chipset support?

> Yes, this is all built into the kernel (including ext3 and jbd).

Boot using the working kernel, then use diff to show the differences between
the kernel configs (both are in /boot). That might give you a hint.

> I read something about that you need to use an initrd image file when
> the root partition has an ext3 filesystem. But I guess this is only
> needed when the ext3 drivers are loaded as a module?

Correct.

Adam



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