> Yes. You need to compile the drivers for your hard disc, hard disc controller > and root filesystem into the kernel, not as modules. Otherwise the kernel > can't access the hardware to load the drivers it needs.
While it is easy to find the kernel configuration entry for ext3 it is not so easy to find the one for my disk controller. I used some hardware detection tools to grab the information about my hardware. It shows the following information about my IDE controller: description: IDE interface product: 82801BA IDE U100 Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.1 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00:1f.1 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master configuration: driver=PIIX_IDE latency=0 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 05) What kernel configuration should I set up for my controller. I cannot see the "PIIX_IDE" in my kernel. The best option for me would be to compile the kernel with everything build-in. Then to run a tool that generates the minimal kernel configuration for my system. Compile the kernel again with my minimal kernel ".config" file and start using it. Is it possible ? If so how can I do that ? thanks for help