Re: Booting 2.6.8 on x686 Sarge without initrd: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
>> Hi;
>> I am building 2.6.8 kernel source on my x686 Sarge system wihtout
>> using initrd. The kernel-patch.2.6.8 only applies to the prebuilt
2.6.8_2
>> kernel package and not a prestine kernel. So, I am not using initrd for
my
>> 2.6.8 kernel build. The system boots up but cannot mount teh root fs.
What
>> am I missing?
>> Any advice and insight is appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> TEH
>>
>If your not using initrd make sure the driver for the root filesystem is
>compiled into the kernel 'y' as opposed to as a module 'm'.
Does this refer to both the ATA/ATAPI/SCSI harddisk driver and/or the
EXT2/3 driver..?
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