Problems loading custom-compiled kernel via Grub

[jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com (miah)]

I really dislike initrd for this reason.  Which is why my policy is to make things the kernel needs to boot part of the kernel, and other modular.  Of course, I generally don't enable module support at all, especially on server systems due to security concerns.

-miah

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 12:04:53PM -0500, Don Levey wrote:
> 
> 
> Gregory Boyce wrote:
> > If you get the same error while specifying root=/dev/sda1, then perhaps
> > the kernel does not have the ability to read your root file system for
> > some reason.
> 
> That might be the case.  In any event, I decided to start over.  This is all
> in VMWare images right now, so that's easier than it could be.
> 
> > Is SCSI support compiled into the kernel, or is it a loadable module?
> > What about support for the filesystem type? (ext3?)
> 
> As I'll rebuild this test kernel today, I can ensure that I enable both as
> part of the kernel.
> 
> > Using them as modules can work, but only if the initrd loads those
> > modules.  If you made it using Redhat's mkinitrd, I believe you need to
> > specify which modules should be autoloaded.
> 
> > On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 18:49, Don Levey wrote:
> >> I actually tried something similar - root=/dev/sda1
> >> which is my / partition (no separate /boot).
> >> I got a similar error, this time referencing /dev/sda1 instead of
> LABEL=/.
> >> I may be able to try Dan Barrett's suggestion about the stripped-down
> config
> >> file.
> >>  -Don
> >
> 
> I also redid my wife's kernel last night, to take advantage of support for
> the onboard NIC (Broadcomm 4400), better support for the sound card (Intel
> i810), and ACPI support.  She's on a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop.  It went
> well, mostly.  I'm having difficulties with USB support, the NIC module
> doesn't get built  (though it's specified in the .config and I don't get an
> error), and the consoleis a small screen even though I've got vga=773 in the
> grub.conf.  X is fine, and full screen.  But I did get the wireless card to
> work via the DriverLoader at linuxant.com, so we're getting somewhere.  I'll
> be trying the new kernel build at work today.
> 
> Thanks again,
>  -Don
> 
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