Re: gcc compiler version / kernel problems

[Greg Julius <fromRedHat outtacyte com>]

Greetings smart ones out there...
I finally got 2.4.20 to boot.  I used the rawhide SRPM to build
it.

I still got the line 72 error.  I edited the config to remove
CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710. and got past the fatal.  I am going to try the
downloaded 2.4.20 (not RH) also with this same edit just to 
see.

I tried to boot without the mkinitrd because I don't have SCSI but I get
the following errors

VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or 00:00

Please append a correct "root=" boot option

Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00

When I built the initrd image I was able to boot.

Question1:  What is in my initrd that I should incorporate (=y) in
the kernel?  Or is it something that I will always need?  How
can I find out what it included?

Question2:  How much junk is normally in the 2> error
files?  I have:

dep             64 lines        3.7K

bzImage         33 lines        1.7K

modules         615 lines       46.5K

modules_install         0 lines                 0 bytes

Seems like a lot of messages to me.

-g