> # make-kpkg --append-to-version=.0901 kernel-image
> # cd .. > # dkpg -i kernel-image-2.4.27.0901_10.00.Custom_i386.deb > # reboot > > is there something wrong with this sequence or ...? Well make-kpkg MUST have --initrd option if using the config debian has since it uses modules for all the filesystems and device drivers. If you don't, it won't generate an initrd.img when installing the package, and hence won't load any of the drivers at boot.
Yes, that's the reason. It works now! Thank you very much.