Re: Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Andrew Perrin wrote:

> Greetings-
>
> Using a .config file based on past kernels that have worked fine (posted at 
> http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/config), I am trying to compile kernel 
> 2.6.30 for an amd64 machine and NOT using initrd. The essentials I know of - 
> sata, ext3, e1000e - are built into the kernel, so I don't think it should 
> need an initrd, but I'm consistently getting:
>
> kernel panic: no init found. Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0).
>
>
> Any advice welcome.
> Thanks.
>
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> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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Hi,

What does lshw show?
What does lspci show?

You need to make sure you have SATA support installed for your chipset.

I never use initrd myself either.

Justin.