Jean Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There no ext2 nor ext3 modules on your initrd.img-2.4.22-pre3c0, are > those filesystems compiled in the kernel ?
ext2 is compiled in the kernel: CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y After a few days, let me summarise: a) 2.4.21 kernel as it is in debian kernel-sources does not satisfy my requirements (without proper ACPI support my laptop is as stable as MS Win in the old days; old ACPI is incompatible with USB mouse, ...) b) There are few screens of rejects if I try to apply the new ACPI patch on kernel-sources-2.4.21 (only one thing added for -1 to -2 :-) A possible way out might be to first unapply debian ACPI related patches, and then apply the new ACPI patch. However, I must admit that this is beyond my abilities at the moment. To me, it is clear that there are two groups of people who configure the kernels: 1) `ordinary users' of kernel sources, like myself, who want to change a few parameters in order to better suit the hardware at hand 2) developpers who actually write the code. While I might try to write (or change) some code for a less critical application, it appears that kernel code is not the right place to start learning. Kernel has to be reliable. Apparently, there is a bug (at least from my perspective) which prevents initrd/cramfs in stock kernels, which has been arround for years. On the other hand, this bug gets fixed in every version of debian kernel-sources (I know, I can get the patches, but I am not able to grasp them). I have no idea how complicated that fix is. I would still appreciate the answer to my first question: > What is the status of initrd kernel building process (only on i386), > while using stock kernels (from kernel.org)? so I can decide whether to wait, or change the type of kernels and the building process I use. Thanks a lot for all hints. --- Nenad.