On Tuesday 27 May 2003 12:22, Brian W. Carver wrote: > I just compiled a custom 2.4.18 kernel for my woody-running laptop. > > I'm new at this and am pretty sure I am about to shutdown and be unable to > boot back up, because this initrd/lilo stuff has me baffled. Please help!
I had the same questions earlier this month: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200305/msg02481.html 1) Best: compile in support for your boot disk drive drivers (IDE most likely) and filesystem type (ext2, ext3, etc.); then you don't need initrd; 2) try add --initrd to make-kpkg options; read kernel howto re. initrd for more detail Both require some work. Invest in (1) unless you intend to distribute your kernel to many different machine configurations, then (2) is a good investment of your time. HTH, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
