[PLUG] Upgrading from Woody to Sarge
Richard C. Steffens
rsteff.l at comcast.net
Thu Aug 19 17:33:01 UTC 2004
Derek Loree wrote:
> The entry for the kernel, did you create an initrd image? If not, lilo
> may still be looking for one.
Paul Mullen wrote:
> This looks a lot like the error I've gotten when I build a kernel with
> initrd support, and then provide no initrd for the kernel to mount at
> boot-time. I think if you compile a new kernel "the Debian way" (i.e.,
> with make-kpkg), then the new initrd is created automatically.
> Or you could just re-compile without initrd support. Hopefully someone
> else can provide more insight...
I compiled the 2.6 kernel as follows:
make mrproper
make menuconfig
(The only things I changed from stock was to add ext3 support, as
recommended by my earlier mentor, and to remove MCA support, since
I kept getting an error message when I left it in, and I'm reasonably
certain that there is no Micro Channel Architecture on this machine!)
make install
make modules_install
lilo
reboot
So, I don't know if that is "the Debian way" or not, but I'm guessing
that somehow it isn't. What do I add, and where do I add it, to provide
initrd support? Or, what are the steps to follow to compile the kernel
"the Debian way?"
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/
More information about the PLUG
mailing list