On 10/30/2011 1:24 PM, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > What have I done wrong? > > I remember not choosing the option for an initramfs. What would be put > in it if I had > chosen that option?
I'd guess you configured your root filesystem (EXT3/4?) as a module instead of building it directly into the kernel. When you then omitted initramfs the kernel had no way to load the filesystem code, hence the error: "Unable to mount root fs on unknown" "Unknown" in this context means the kernel can't identify the filesystem on the device where you are telling it the root filesystem resides. It can't because the FS driver isn't loaded. The solution is to build the filesystem driver directly into the kernel or to enable initramfs. Personally I always build my filesystem driver(s) directly into the kernel. Every machine must have a filesystem driver for the root filesystem, so there is no advantage to making it a module--put it in the kernel proper. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eadd00b.6000...@hardwarefreak.com
