Hey Himanshu, Make sure that you have compiled ext3 filesystem support within the kernel and not as a module. Also make sure, you have compiled in the support for your hard-disk drivers. I am not sure about tty nodes problem yet, but pasting your kernel messages over here will help. Namaste, Sameer On 8/5/05, H. Chauhan <hs.chauhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > I started to learn device driver programming for linux. For that I > downloaded 2.4.20 kernel from kernel.org. I compiled the kernel and > installed it. But as I boot from it, It does not find any tty nodes in > /dev and doesnot recognize my ext3 home partition. I have compiled the > kernel with ext3 filesystem support but still... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks and regards > --Himanshu > > -- > ====================== > Himanshu Chauhan > (DSP)Software Engineer > Singing Electrons, Inc. > www.singingelectrons.com > ====================== > The important thing is not to stop questioning > -A. Einstein > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/