Re: 2.4 -> 2.6 kernel upgrade problem

[shyamal <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>]

    "Eric" == Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu> writes:

    Eric> On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 09:06 -0800, shyamal wrote:

    >>  /initrd is usually a link to a file, just like
    >> /vmlinuz. Typically you will have /initrd ->
    >> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-* and so on. This is something the
    >> kernel installer will typically do for you.

    Eric> /initrd shouldn't be a symlink to your ramdisk, it is used
    Eric> to pivot_root inside of /sbin/init on the ramdisk itself.

I'm guilty of providing bad advice - I was thinking of the /initrd.img
symlink that is often used. Apologies!

Cheers,
Shyamal