Kernel panic with reiserfs as root

[Joel Hammer]

I am trying to rebuild my kernel. I have gotten to the point where I have
almost everything built in, obviating the need, I think, for initrd.
The kernel boots but fails mounting the root directory, which is a reiserfs
file system. I get the kernal panic message.

As the kernel fails, it tries to load the reiserfs module, then the
ide-probe module. This is odd because neither of these two modules has been
compiled and I have build both this items into the kernel.

Any insight appreciated,

BTW, I can easily see me going back to my bad old ways with this stuff. That
is, making a big kernel and just loading a few modules when really
necessary. This highly modular 2.4.20 kernel is a pain. Just clicking
through make xconfig to deselect the numerous modules which are selected
by default is a big pain.

Joel