On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:53:12PM +0100, Wolfgang Messingschlager wrote: > Wolfgang Messingschlager wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I have meanwhile tried to build a kernel with EXT2 and EXT3 within the > kernel. > > # egrep '(EXT2|EXT3)' .config > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y > CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL=y > CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY=y > # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP is not set > CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m ^^^^^^ > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y > > but without an initrd line in /boot/grub/menu.lst I get the well-known > kernel panic. What is important during kernel configuration, so that no > initrd file is needed? > Sorry for not replying earlier, I got confused by your partition numbers (I had thought they could not exceed 15 - my thought was wrong), and missed your reference to modules.
As you say, for everyone not using an initrd, the filesystem for '/' has to be compiled in. You have now compiled in ext2, but a recent distro will usually use ext3. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page