Re: [PLUG] make-kpkg

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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Sandy Basickes wrote:
>      I have recently used make-kpkg to build and install linux-2.4.23.
>      I followed the steps:
>      under linux-2.4.23
>      make-kpkg clean
>      have .conifg 
>      make-kpkg --revision main.1 --initrd kermel_image
>      dpkg -iEG kernel-2.4.23......deb
>      i got the message that I must fix my lilo.conf , and then I was dumped.
>      I always tell the install program not to change lilo, and then
>      I set it myself.
>      I   tried this twice and failed.
>      I then did:
>          make-kpkg --revision main.1 kernel_image
>           dpkg -iEG kernel-2.4.23......deb
> 	  the dpkg program worked and asked if I wanted lilo.conf made.
> 	  i said no, did my lilo and the system is running fine.
>     why can't I use --initrd	  
>          sandy
>
>     I also spent time looking at debian mailing lists... I could not find
>     a section on make-kpkg.

Why are you including initrd in a kernel that is not an installation 
kernel?  Initrd is primarilly for setting up a ram based file system 
that provides the minimum to boot and install a Linux system.

Of course there are other uses for initrd and cramfs like running a 
system like knoppix off of a compressed file system on a cdrom.  In this 
instance, the system runs as slow as the cdrom drive.


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