Hi matt, Yes, I tried first without "nomodules", exactly the same thing happens. I don't have an "image=" line. I have "initrd" lines in lilo.conf created by "make install". Do you use"make install" ? The default option points to the working default modular kernel. > This is just my personal experience, but I build with no module support > all the time and I've never put the root="nomodules /dev/hda9" in the > lilo.conf file. Have you tried it without the "nomodules" statement? > > Also, are your boot= default= and image= options set right (especially > to the new kernel and not the previous one)? > > -Matt > > On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:01:28 -0400 (EDT) > Tony Gogoi <tgogoi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > This question is about the monolithic kernel again. Hope I'm not bugging > > the newsgroup. But I've tried many things and things still don't seem to > > work. > > > > My kernel is 2.4.20-8 from RedHat CD 9.0. I compiled the kernel without > > module support. My lilo line as a root="nomodules /dev/hda9". Booting > > seems to begin normally. > > > > Booting stops saying QM_MODULES: function not implemented. I have read on > > the net that that could be fixed with module-init-tools. But my question > > is rather generic: All the problems I get are related to module support. I > > have tried modifying the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit to avoid modprobes etc > > script etc but to no avail. > > > > I would be grateful for some suggestions on how to make a monolithic > > kernel completely independent of any module support. > > > > Regards, > > Tony > > > > > > - > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Tony Gogoi - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html