* Morgan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001014 12:51]: > Sure, I know that I can modularize it, but I really like to know that > I've customized it to fit my machine. Picky, maybe, but isn't that > why we go through this rather than pay someone else to do it? I do > anyway. > > I've double checked the configuration, then gone back and read the > '.config' file just to make sure it really wrote what I wanted. > > Looks like here's a clue (from /usr/src/linux/.config) > ... > 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 is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set > ... > > This looks suspicious! Guess I'll hand-edit and see what I get.
You will need CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y to build IDE disk support into your kernel. This need to NOT be a module if your boot device is an IDE disk (see the help when you do 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig'). -- David
