Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Thanks very much for the suggestion. > I didn't actually forget any of the IDE stuff, > but I had some parts of it in modules. > Now I've put all the IDE bits into the kernel, > there is no longer a panic, > and 2.6.17 seems to be running fine. > > I did incidentally have an initrd running before. > But I didn't include BLK_DEV_PIIX, > which the documentation suggests might help > with the Intel PIIX4 disk controller, > although it implies that it is not necessary. > So I am not quite sure which change solved the problem. > Did you build an initrd for the kernel you compiled? You usually have one for each kernel. If the kernel has its own module directory, then it needs its own initrd. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
