Robbie, I ran into this also the first time I compiled a 2.2.X kernel. You need to make sure that IDE/ATA-2 support is compiled into the kernel (not a module) if you are booting from an IDE hard drive.
In the kernel config (I use xconfig), that feature is under block devices. Tom Robbie Huffman wrote: > > What would cause a 2.2.5 kernel to fail at bootup time when it reaches > the "Parition Check" section? It says it can't find the driver for HDA, > and subsequently panics. This is a standard PC with IDE drive. I have > the ext2 stuff built into the kernel. What else could I be missing? It > doesn't make any sense to me. > > Thanks much, > Robbie > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Try Debian GNU/Linux - it's free, it's open source, and it rocks http://www.debian.org
