Re: Compiling 2.6 kernel questions

[Alex <mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> The error message:
>
>        VFS: Can't mount root unknown-block(9,1)
>
> indicates that the kernel is trying to mount /dev/md1 directly (device
> 9:1 is /dev/md1), which won't work if the md driver is a module (even
> if the md driver is built in, this won't work if the array needs
> user-space configuration before it can be mounted).

I remember using lilo in the past to boot from RAID partitions, no?
Isn't that why lilo writes the bootsector of both disks in a mirror?

> You should look at Documentation/initrd.txt for details on the current
> state of initrd. Or Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
> for the newer initramfs mechanism.

It feels like it's very old. There's still references to LOADLIN in there.

After doing some research, it appears people are moving to
syslinux/extlinux/isolinux as replacement for lilo and grub, so I'm
investigating that approach now.

Thanks again,
Alex
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