Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources
Hi John,
You need to do is remove the initrd line from the boot loaded
configuration file.
If you are using lilo, the line looks like initrd=/initrd.img
John O'Hagan wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:53 am, you wrote:
>
>>John O'Hagan wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel
>>>sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and
>>>the stock source from kernel.org.
>
> [...]
>
>>>What do I need to be aware of if I use stock sources?
>
> [...]
>
>
>>Here are two pointers for kernel building newbies:
>>
>>1. Be sure that the code for your IDE chipset (if you're using IDE) is
>>built in to the kernel, rather than being built as a module.
>>2. Be sure that the code for your / (root) filesystem (ext3, reiserfs,
>>etc.) is built into the kernel, rather than being built as a module.
>>
>>Doing these things will allow you to skip using an initial ram disk
>>(initrd).
>>These are the two most common issues that foiled my first kernel
>>building attempts. :)
>
>
> Thanks Mitch for your tips; I have built a few kernels before, and have them
> set up as you suggest; however, they still seem to use an initrd by default.
> How does one prevent this? (I have read man kernel-pkg.conf, but didn't quite
> follow it!)
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
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