Static Kernel booting issues... for server oriented custome kernel

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Lissimore wrote:

>Ran in to a fascinating problem,
>
>Background:
>  I need a custome compiled kernel that is static.. (i.e. all drivers built into the kernel... not modular) for a server system that is being built.  
>  I have generated 2 kernels:
>    1 with module loading enabled.
>    1 with module loading disabled.
>For the server system the kernel will be deployed on module loading must be disabled.
>
>Problem:
>  If I try to boot the kernel with module loading disabled and the boot process halts with failure to open initial console.  But,  I boot the kernel with module loading enabled, and the boot proceeds fine everything functions.
>
>  The problem may be in the way udev is setup in the fedora core 3 initialization.
>
>
>Questions:
>1) Has anyone tried turning module loading off and booted
>   successfully?  If so I would appreciate knowing how you
>   solved the boot problem I have run into.
>2) Does anyone have a fix or suggestions of a fix for the 
>   sysinit scripts for the system.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions...
>D. Lissimore
>
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I can't say I ever could do this... May I inquire why do you must NOT 
have module loading support? That seems a bit interesting and I would be 
willing to try and build a non modular kernel.