Hi Joel... I hope you don't mind that I rewrite the subject to avoid confusion... On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Joel Fernandes <agnel.joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey Mulyadi, > >> It acts as initial root filesystem containing modules needed to >> proceed into complete successful booting e.g loading ext3 kernel >> module to access real filesystem, loading LVM modules in case your >> root filesystem stays inside LVM etc etc > > My root file system is ext3 and I have it compiled into the kernel. > > But when I don't give an initrd, then mounting of the root file system > fails during boot, I get something like "VFS: Unable to mount root > filesystem on block 0,0: Kernel Panic" > > Any idea why? Could be something else... is your rootfs stays inside LVM? does it need certain SCSI/SATA drivers first (likely?)? In essence, it's more than just making sure ext3 module is inside kernel image if you want to throw away initrd but successfully boot and mount the rootfs afterward. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
