Re: How to boot w/o initrd?

[Jens Schmalzing <j.s@lmu.de>]

Hi,

Matthew T. Atkinson writes:

> I had a stock Sarge install with kernel-image-2.6.7.  I have now
> managed to recompile 2.6.8 (Debian version) and install it, [...]
> Now my system won't boot.  I am told that the initrd image is
> missing (not surprising as I have not compiled support for it, or
> created one, in 2.6.8).

> How can I get the system to boot?

Specify the path to your new kernel at the yaboot prompt.  If that
fails, fire up a rescue system (debian-installer will do) and fix your
hosed yaboot.conf from there.

Regards, Jens.

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