[ltp] Re: SuSE 9.1 on Thinkpad, cont'd.
Eben King
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:09:12 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 11:25:42PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 08:58:46PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, is reiserfs built into the kernel or modularized? Maybe you should
> > > > try a different filesystem.
> > >
> > > It is a module. I really wanted to use XFS on my system, but SuSE's
> > > installer kept segfaulting when I tried to install the system that way.
> > > Reiser was my second choice.
> >
> > Try building the modules you need to boot (IDE, reiserfs, ELF, etc.) into
> > the kernel and not using an initrd at all. I have a .config you can use
> > for 2.6.7 .
>
> Could you send a copy of that kernel config file? I'll give it a shot.
Heh. I forgot the Thinkpad is temporarily dead (USB ports cause reboot).
Just tried; power button invokes blinkylights. :-( IBM has been called.
When it gets back up I'll put it on my web site. Until then, there's one
here for 2.6.3:
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/stabler/t41_notes.html
Look under "New kernel". You must do "make oldconfig" with it.
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