Ken Moffat wrote: > 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
Oops thanks for your quick reply. I will try to build another KERNEL with CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y Thanks Wolfgang Messingschlager -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
