initrd problem while booting a new install

[neilblue]

Hello,

I have just followed the new installation guide. During the install I compiled the kernel manually and so did not use initrd in the grub config file. (Just as well as I don't know how to build an initrd file anyway)

But during boot I get an error that initrd can't be found. I guess this may be due to a kernel option that I have chosen requires initrd, but I do not know what this is likely to be.

Please can anyone suggest what might be the cause of this?

Thanks
Neil

[hifi]

[neilblue]

Here it is:

# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 30

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

# For booting Gentoo Linux
title Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.23_pre8-gss-r2 root=/dev/hda1

# For installing GRUB into the hard disk
title Install GRUB into the hard disk
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)

# Change the colors.
title Change the colors
color light-green/brown blink-red/blue

[neilblue]

Oops.

As I posted this I see I have my root partition set to the wrong device


I have made a big mess of this install, so I am going to start agian

Cheers
Neil