Finally a kernel that boots with initrd and ext3 as a module: 2.4.22.25mdk. Thanks, no noinitrd kernel option needed anymore!
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 13:46, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Duncan wrote: > > > Svante Signell posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > excerpted below, on Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:12:23 +0100: > > > > > The long thread on 'kernel 23mdk panic' seems to be related to my problem. > > > Has anyone made a summary of conclusions made so far? Which kernels are > > > known to boot properly, with and without initrd? > > > > I compile my own kernel from kernel.org sources, so haven't been following > > this real closely, but AFAIK, any of the Mdk kernels work if ext3 support > > is compiled directly into the kernel, rather than as a module. I haven't > > been following it closely enough to know which kernels work with ext3 as a > > module. with or without user recompilation. > > > > > > That's not the whole story: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] stew]$ /sbin/lsmod | tail -2 > ext3 60048 2 > jbd 39296 2 [ext3] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] stew]$ uname -r > 2.4.22-23mdk > > / is ext3, booting with an initrd > single disk, / is hda5, no /boot partition, devfsd=nomount (for LSB) > > Works for some folks, not others.