build a static kernel without initrd

[admlewis]

Hi,
I want build a kernel without both lkm and initrd.
I compiled it and after the boot I have rid of the following errors:
mknod /dev/sda failed: read-only filesystem!
the device it cannot make are many.

my kernel config is the following pastbin:
h**p://snipurl.com/234p44u

and here my dmesg:
h**p://snipurl.com/234psqo

Thanks very much for help!
admlewis

[atreyu]

does lkm mean linux kernel modules? why no initrd? anyway, you'd have to select every device driver as built-in, when running menuconfig, and then recompile the kernel. That includes things like the filesystem, too (e.g., "ext3"). I haven't tried compiling a kernel w/o an accompanying initrd, in a while. i know i did it a while ago, so hopefully that is still possible.