On 22 August 2005 04:05, John Dangler wrote: > Ok - I went back through the wiki article on using gensplash with > genkernel. I used - genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all > (I usually --udev on the end, but every time I get told that -udev is > deprecated since it is the default behavior) > At the end of the process, I checked /var/log/genkernel.log . The last > lines there look like this - > > >> Installing gensplash [ using the livecd-2005.1 theme ]. > > Merging > initramfs-base-layout.cpio.gz > initramfs-aux.cpio.gz > initramfs-busybox-1.00-rt-mdstart.plasmaroo.cpio.gz > initramfs-insmod-0.9.15-pre4.cpio.gz > initramfs-udev-054.cpio.gz > initramfs-modules-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz > initramfs-splash-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz > Gentoo Linux Genkernel: Version 3.3.5 > Running with options ; genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all > > ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to /boot
Take this error serious. > > (yes, /boot is mounted) > > Then, I look at the long list in /boot . (ls -l) > > I compiled this today 8/21/05) at around 9pm (2100) > > 1603780 Aug 21 21:07 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 > 10928128 Aug 21 21:20 initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 Your initramfs is *way* to big. Delete it manually, check whether the permissions of /boot are right (they should since it could copy the kernel), check whether your /boot partition is big enough (whether there is space enough left). Then try again your "genkernel" command. If the error above persists you have to find out its cause before going further. :-( Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
