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They seem to be a simple 5 steps, but I cannot
figure out if I want to compile a kernel with initrd or not. I went ahead
and did it but got this error :
gibraltar:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18# dpkg -i
../kernel-image-2.4.18_gibralta
r.1.1_sparc.deb Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.4.18. (Reading database ... 9104 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking kernel-image-2.4.18 (from .../kernel-image-2.4.18_gibraltar.1.1_sparc. deb) ... You are attempting to install an initrd kernel
image (version 2.4.18)
This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image that expects to use an INITial Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system into RAM and use that for booting). I repeat, You need to configure your boot loader. If you have already done so, and you wish to get rid of this message, please put `do_initrd = Yes' in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Note that this is optional, but if you do not, you'll contitnue to see this message whenever you install a kernel image using initrd. Do you want to stop now? [Y/n] Ok, Aborting Should I recompile without initrd?
All I've been able to figure out from the documents
I've searched is that initrd is necessary if you are booting off SCSI hard
drives, which my Sparc20 has. But this error message doesn't have anything
to do with SCSI. Also, most kernel compile information deals with LILO,
but I'm using SILO. Right?
Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
Todd
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