root filesystem

[Toby Fisher]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Adam Myrow wrote:

> Did you compile IDE support in your kernel?  What about PCI?  Did you try
> building the kernel based on the .config from the old one if they are both
> 2.4 kernels?  This stuff may seem obvious, but my first kernel build was a
> disaster because I misread something and turned off PCI support when I
> have a PCI/EISA hybrid system.  The result was basically a non-functioning
> serial port and lots of error messages.  BTW, kernel 2.4.17 has EXT3 as an
> option.

Hehehe, I once compiled a kernel without ext2fs support, I was using
2.0.36 at the time.  Fortunately, I realised what I'd done before I tried
to boot it. *grin*

Cheers.
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