making initrd for sarge 2.6 kernel, error using mkinitrd)

2004-09-15 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Hi, i'm having trouble making an initrd (that works) for a custom compiled kernel. If i use the 2.6.7 sarge kernel and using lvm2 (only boot not on lvm2)all is well. I wanted to compile the 2.6.8 kernel & activate the framebuffer amongst other things. I can compile a kernel fine it gave me a Kerne

Re: using mkinitrd

2001-12-11 Thread Michel Loos
On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 22:39, Richard Weil wrote: > I've compiled a custom kernel using kpkg, but I'm > unsure how to make an initrd like the official > kernels. I configured a 2.4.16 kernel with support for > cramfs and initrd. I tried using mkinitrd by invoking: > >

Re: using mkinitrd

2001-12-10 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001, Richard Weil wrote: > I've compiled a custom kernel using kpkg, but I'm > unsure how to make an initrd like the official > kernels. I configured a 2.4.16 kernel with support for > cramfs and initrd. I tried using mkinitrd by invoking: > >

using mkinitrd

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Weil
I've compiled a custom kernel using kpkg, but I'm unsure how to make an initrd like the official kernels. I configured a 2.4.16 kernel with support for cramfs and initrd. I tried using mkinitrd by invoking: mkinitrd /lib/modules/2.4.16 and it output lots of junk to the xterm I was in.