Hey all,

I've tried several times to compile and run kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 but I've had positively no luck. The kernel and it's modules compile and install fine using both genkernel/make. However, when initramfs starts up, instead of activating udev so it can find my real root, it activates mdev. Of course it can't find my sata drive with mdev, and fails to boot the kernel. I've wiped out my .config and tried to configure it using the stock defaults from the installation cd. Still no luck...

I've also looked in the following file..
/usr/share/genkernel/generic/initrd.defaults

And found the following line
# Default to the udev device manager
USE_UDEV_NORMAL=1


Does anyone have any ideas?

Regards,
-Kilka

And does /etc/conf.d/rc say RC_DEVICES="udev" in it?