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So this is my first time compiling a kernel, I had a couple problems and I finally got it right and successfully compiled a 2.6.20 kernel for my dell 1705/9400 laptop. After getting a kernel panic problem at boot I did some research and found I had to include a initrd line in grub
# initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20
I have no idea where the initrd file came from, I tried to compile my own prior and got problems (maybe that's where it came from I have no idea) and I booted it and crossed my fingers. I got this message:
Starting Ubuntu...
mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
FATAL: Module ata_piix not found
FATAL: Module sg not found.
FATAL: Module sd_mod not found.
umount: devfs: not mounted
mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
umount: devfs: not mounted
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file
[ 5.100000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
[ 5.100000]
I've been trying to figure this stuff my entire spring break, (very new to linux) and I'm sure this is an easy fix for an experienced user. Please help, or provide a link to a working initrd img.
Also maybe someone could give me a link to a guide on how to build the filesystem into the kernel so that the initrd won't be necessary?
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How did you build the kernel?
initrd is a ramdisk filesystem that contains modules used by the Linux kernel during boot. If you don't want the modules to be in the initrd, you have to build them (*) with the kernel, rather than modules (M).
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