| sean finney on 31 Jul 2006 19:47:54 -0000 |
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hey jon, On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 03:21:43PM -0400, Jon Nelson wrote: > I installed 2.6 kernels (2.6.12-1-k7, 2.6.15-1-k7, 2.6.16-2-k7) via > aptitude, which told me to purge hotplug and install udev. After doing > that the new kernel wont boot. The last thing I see on the screen is: where are you getting the kernels from? backports.org? home rolled? > # mkinitrd --supported-host-version=2.6.12-1-k7 && echo "foo" foo > # mkinitrd --supported-target-version=2.6.12-1-k7 && echo "foo" foo > # mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-test 2.6.16-2-k7 > > This appears to create the initrd image but it still wont boot. Here is have you tried examining the initrd? On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 03:35:19PM -0400, LeRoy Cressy wrote: > Why not compile a kernel without inttrd support since initrd is > primarily used for install kernels where a minimal distro is installen > in ram. On a normal system you do not need initrd since all of the boot > info is on the HD and contained in the MBR. keep in mind if you do this, you will have to also make sure you compile in the essentials needed to boot the system (IDE/SATA, filesystem, raid, etc). in debian almost everything is compiled as a module. sean Attachment:
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