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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, jbk wrote: > if you compile this as a module be aware that the > file system for your root partition cannot be > compiled as a module..." This isn't entirely true. I'd say something like, "The file system and drive interface for your root partition SHOULD NOT be compiled as modules." > On my standard install of RH7.2 an 'lsmod' shows > ext3 and jbd loaded as modules and in fstab '/' is > mounted as an ext3 partition. Red Hat (and many other vendors) ship a kernel with very little compiled statically, and almost every option built as a module. The installer builds an Initial RamDisk (initrd) with the modules for SCSI controllers, RAID, and non-ext2 filesystems, if you need them. In your case you'd need a command like: # /sbin/mkinitrd --with=jbd --with=ext3 /boot/initrd-[kernel-version] \ [kernel-version] You'd also have to have a line in your bootloader config file such as: initrd /boot/initrd-[kernel-version] All of this is unnecessary if you compile the options into your kernel, which is really the right way to do things. - -- -Matt It's lonely at the bottom too, just more crowded. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Suovc8/WFSz+GKMRAlIRAJ4/XLsfrOZxjdUQgRluUnEFZNkccgCdGQdP PvOj/uR6NYH37D0m125lWqc= =Lb/1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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