Re: getting the initrd to load

Am Don, 2003-03-06 um 01.33 schrieb Ian Melnick: > > You can use romfs or even ext2/ext3. Check out the MKIMAGE setting > > in mkinitrd.conf. > > Okay, I used genromfs (i think) according to the example in your man page. > Lilo doesn't load it, and on startup, I still get a message: > "RAMDISK:

Re: getting the initrd to load

> You can use romfs or even ext2/ext3. Check out the MKIMAGE setting > in mkinitrd.conf. Okay, I used genromfs (i think) according to the example in your man page. Lilo doesn't load it, and on startup, I still get a message: "RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid ram disk image starting at 0." It's still

Re: getting the initrd to load

Ian Melnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Use the kernel-source from Debian if you don't. It contains the patch needed >> to make initrd accept cramfs. > > > Is there an alternative to cramfs that I can use that works without this patch? You can use romfs or even ext2/ext3. Check out the MKIMAG

Re: getting the initrd to load

> Use the kernel-source from Debian if you don't. It contains the patch needed > to make initrd accept cramfs. Is there an alternative to cramfs that I can use that works without this patch? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: getting the initrd to load

#include Ian Melnick wrote on Tue Mar 04, 2003 um 03:34:13PM: > I made an initial ram disk using mkinitrd. I put it in /boot. I > configured lilo to use it for the certain kernel image i want it used > for. Re-wrote mbr. Yet, it doesn't load it. Is there a good website that > goes through exactly

getting the initrd to load

Hello, all I made an initial ram disk using mkinitrd. I put it in /boot. I configured lilo to use it for the certain kernel image i want it used for. Re-wrote mbr. Yet, it doesn't load it. Is there a good website that goes through exactly what needs to be done? What am I leaving out? Thanks --