Re: Compiling kernel 2.4.20/2.4.21 questions.

2003-06-19 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Marino Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030619 16:37]: > So here is my first question. What is /boot/initrd.gz for anyway?. Do I need > it?. No, you usaly don't need it. As you might noticed you can compile drivers as loadable modules or direct into your kernel. If you compile somethin as a modu

Compiling kernel 2.4.20/2.4.21 questions.

2003-06-19 Thread Marino Fernandez
I've been thinking on compiling my first own kernel for a while, and since 2.4.21 stable has just been released I downloaded it and compiled it It went surprisingly smothly, just a few problems with lilo (wrong names for the labels, nothing serious). My only (kind-off) problem was with /bo