Kernel builds from linux-2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1

[Richard Ayer III]

I've actually had ext2, ext3, and jbd as builtin the whole time. I made
important changes to the config file I had tried earlier: I added back in
RAM disk, initrd, and RAID support, all as builtin (with specific types of
RAID as modules, like the stock 2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1 config). Now I get this
error:
    md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
    md: autorun ...
    md ... autorun DONE.
    RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
    RAMDISK: incomplete write (-1 != 32768) 4194304
    VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or unknown-block(0,0)
    Please append a correct "root=" boot option
    Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Everything works just fine with the stock 2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1; but I want NTFS
support, tuner support to try to use tvtime with my ATI AIW 9800 Pro, and to
turn off all the extra stuff that my system happens not to need.

Thoughts?

TIA,
Richard Ayer III