Re: boot up problem of IDE disk in 2.4.0!

[Andre Hedrick]

Maybe run make config and not make oldconfig.

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, chen, xiangping wrote:

> Hi, folks
> 
> I meet some problem when I tried by install kernel 2.4.0
> to a PC using IDE disk. It reports VFS panic error during
> boot up time when it tried to mount the rootfs. The error
> indicates that it can not find the driver for the harddisk,
> but I already build in the IDE disk support. The hard disk
> is seagate ST310212A. The related content in .config file
> is as follows. I would like to know what else I need to do.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
> # IDE chipset support/bugfixes
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS=y
> # CONFIG_AMD7409_OVERRIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
> # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
> CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_PROC_FS is not set
> CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_PMS=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_BWQCAM=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA_PP=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA_USB=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA5249=m
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS is not set
> CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN=m
> CONFIG_VIDEO_BUZ=m
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_ZR36120 is not set
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT=m                    
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Andre Hedrick
Linux ATA Development