Not only the ext3 driver u need compile into the kernel, there are always need some other disk driver support like sata,ide to compile into the kernel. Give u an article for reference. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-config.xml BRs Lin 2009/9/14 sky knight <sky_knight02@xxxxxxxxx> > > Hi, > > I want to boot my laptop without initrd, I tried to compile 2.6.30 kernel from debian back port repository, by building ext3 driver into kernel but during booting i am getting "vfs: could not mount root fs unkown-block(8,1)". > > My menu.lst: > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.30-130909f-we-test > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-130909f-we-test root=/dev/sda1 ro > > fdisk -l: > http://paste.debian.net/46476/ > > lsmod: > http://paste.debian.net/46474/ > > lspci: > http://paste.debian.net/46475/ > > > > What are the modules should be loaded into the kernel to boot without initrd? and how to find them? > > > > Thanks, > Alagunambi Welkin > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
