Bug#412799: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 does not boot
reassign 412799 yaird
severity 412799 serious
tags 412799 -moreinfo -unreproducible
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 19:58 +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 07:52:53PM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> > > #> dpkg -S /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird
> > > yaird: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird
> >
> > oh please use mkinitramfs, install initramfs-tools,
> > the postinst will pick it up automaticaly without troubles
> > as it is the default anyway.
> >
> > interested if that boots?
> #> dpkg -l initramfs-tools
> ii initramfs-tools 0.85f tools for generating an initramfs
>
> Yes it boots. Now the initrd image is much larger:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4582735 2007-03-19 20:07 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686
cool sure, the initramfs is generic and will work on any other box.
postetch there will be development focus on a good MODULES=dep option.
> compared to:
> -rw------- 1 root root 1221818 2007-03-19 19:33 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686
>
> According to the description yaird produces more compact images:
yeah but broken in so many senses..
> Should I file a bug report for yaird? At least you can close the bug on
> the kernel.
no need to close, just reassigning.
> > and yes i agree that lilo is a pain, with grub you are
> > able to easier change boot params on boot.
>
> Any quick solution to switch from lilo to grub?
apt-get install grub
grub-install /dev/hda
if grub-install fails you might want to use grub cli
it's fallback is your best friend.
see quick intro change sda to hda for your case
http://www.itp.tuwien.ac.at/~mattems/blog/2006/01/18#grub_install
thanks for debugging this. :)
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maks
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