Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> 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. Yes, I always say "make", "make modules_install", "make install", the last of which creates an initrd. There was an initrd in this case, which seemed to contain everything necessary at a quick glance. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
