IDE -> ATA DISK

Scott Wood (master@darkflame.ml.org)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:47:31 -0500 (EST)


> The 2.1.x series kernel thinks that my IDE drive is an ATA DISK:

That's because it is. :-)

> 2.1.12[0-9]:
> hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM1700A, ATA DISK drive
> request_module[ide-disk]: Root fs not mounted
> hda:driver not present
> Kernel Panic....

You need to compile IDE disk support into your kernel, not as a module.
It's trying to load a module to access your disk drive, which it
obviously can't do since the module it's looking for is on the drive it's
trying to access.

-Scott

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