[vox-tech] Can't mount root while booting 2.6.5 kernel

Chris Jenks vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Fri, 28 May 2004 17:10:16 -0700 (PDT)


On Fri, 28 May 2004, Ken Bloom wrote:

> The most common cause of this problem is when your root filesystem
> isn't compiled into the kernel and you aren't using an initrd.

  Dear Ken,

  It's true that I have avoided using an initrd. Do I have to use it to go
from kernel 2.6.3 to 2.6.5? Does compiling the root filesystem into the
kernel involve configuration options or something more?

  Yours,

    Chris