booting w/o initrd

From: Michael Schmitt (x_fer_at_web.de)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:23:55 +0200

Hi,

I run Debian 3.0. My system does not seem to boot w/o a initrd. I do not see
why the current kernel configuration should require an initrd (no exotic
hard drives, etc.), yet when I remove the initrd parameter from my my boot
loader config (grub), the system does not boot the kernel. How can I get rid
of the need for an initrd?

Thank you for your help.

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