Wating for root file system. Kernel bug?

[wanderlust <wanderlust@ukr.net>]

Hello.

I'm trying to install Debian/etch on Acer Aspire 5520G, but the problem
is, that kernel 2.6.18 doesn't support Marvell netcard 436b. I found it
is supportable in 2.6.23.9, so I decided to compile it. I used default
configuration, taken from /proc/config.gz and after compiling and
installing (using modules on initrd) I had to reboot to new kernel.

But I got a failure. Everything seems ok during loading from initrd, but
kernel couldn't find root filesystem (module is available). I looked
through /dev and found none sd devices (there is SATA disk on the
laptop). Any ideas how to solve a problem? It works fine with 2.6.18
kernel.

Sincerely,
wanderlust