Re: 2.6.6 kernel - which one?

[Cedric Pradalier <cedric.pradalier@inrialpes.fr>]

According to Nirmal Govind, on Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:03:58 -0700, 
>Thanks Jens.. I think I'll stick to my current machine.. :-)
> 
>I see the recent email with the patch that you mentioned. My concern is
>that I'll run into the same problem that the kernel that I compile does
>not boot.. the earlier "vanilla" 2.6.6 kernel that built fine did not
>boot. It stopped after the line that ended with "prom_init" with the
>white background (the screen immediately after the "boot:" prompt
>screen). Any ideas on why this happens and/or ways to resolve it? I
>will try compiling with the pmdisk patch today evening...
> 
>Thanks,
>nirmal

Could this be a problem of initrd/not initrd ? 
kernel-image-2.6.6-* contains an initrd image. 
But when I make-kpkg my own kernel, I don't make this initrd image. 
So I'm sure I have all the required modules compiled static in the
kernel.
BTW, there is a --initrd option in make-kpkg.


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Cedric

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