Re: Why do I need mkinitrd with 2.6?

2004-04-05 Thread Jeff Mitchell
Yes. I'm using ext3 (only, besides swap) and it's compiled in, not as a module. I didn't compile in SCSI support but I have no SCSI devices. --Jeff On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 17:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:30:22PM -0500, Jeff Mitchell wrote: >

Why do I need mkinitrd with 2.6?

2004-04-05 Thread Jeff Mitchell
Hello-- For whatever reason I can't boot up a 2.6 kernel (on Sarge-testing) without using mkinitrd to generate an initrd file. No Debian 2.6 HOWTO I've read has this step, and a friend who has build kernels on Woody-testing has never had to do it. If I don't have an initrd and appropriate line i