Re: upgrade to kernel-2.4.9
Am 17. Sep, 2001 schwätzte csj so:
> I do know that. But what are the advantages of having an initrd? From the
> number of posts bitching about it I was under the impression it's quite
> important
There was a thread last week ( maybe the week before ) that covered pros and
cons of using an initrd. For kernel-image packages it's pretty well required
at this point, I think.
The problem has been that prior to 2.4.x the kernel-image packages didn't
use an initrd. With 2.4.x all the x86 kernel-image packages do[1]. Most of
us didn't know that or how to deal with it. Unfortunately the install didn't
communicate the problem. That has been fixed.
I think it still requires some action by whoever's installing the package or
the machine isn't bootable, so it still needs some work :(.
Once I added 'initrd=/boot/initrd' and 'initrd=/boot/initrd.old' in the
appropriate stanzas and rerun lilo everything works great.
ciao,
der.hans
[1] Haven't moved to 2.4.x on any of my non-x86 boxen yet. Hopefully in two
weeks.
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