Booting a hard drive with just a bootloader and Linux kernel

[pizarro84]

Good day guys, I'm at wit's end with creating a bootable hard drive using only a bootloader and kernel, always getting a kernel panic message (that I have posted here numerous times).

Is there a step-by-step tutorial here in Linux Forums that shows how to make a bootdisk from scratch? I don't know if what I lack is the necessary files or I am configuring the bootloader wrong..

Hoping someone can aid me with this inquiry/problem. Thanks and more power

[hazel]

Good day guys, I'm at wit's end with creating a bootable hard drive using only a bootloader and kernel, always getting a kernel panic message (that I have posted here numerous times).

Is there a step-by-step tutorial here in Linux Forums that shows how to make a bootdisk from scratch? I don't know if what I lack is the necessary files or I am configuring the bootloader wrong..

Hoping someone can aid me with this inquiry/problem. Thanks and more power

Well, you need more than just a kernel. You need a skeleton filesystem, some devices, and something to act as an init process (for example bash). There is a good HOWTO on this at http://tdlp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/