Re: Converting stock 2.6.8 config.gz to a custom .config

[Andrew Malcolmson <andzy@imap-mail.com>]

Andreas Janssen wrote:
> Hello
>
> Andrew Malcolmson (<andzy@imap-mail.com>) wrote:
>
>
> > I'm building a custom 2.6.8 kernel and to avoid making a custom config
> > from scratch I copied the config file in /boot to to
> > /usr/src/linux/.config.  Since I'm not building an initrd I know I
> > need to compile in support for my file system so I ran make menuconfig
> > and changed the 'M's to '*'s for  everything under ISA Support in Bus
> > Options and under the Ext3 section in File Systems.  However, boot
> > this kernel fails with a kernel panic reporting failure to mount the
> > root device.
> >
> > What options am I missing?
>
>
> You need support for the disk the root partition is on. Probably this is
> IDE hard disk support and the driver for your IDE chipset.
>
> best regards
>  Andreas Janssen

Thanks - yes, it was the IDE generic chipset driver I'd missed.  My 
system boots now.