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Re: upgrade to kernel-2.4.9



On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 02:20:53PM +0000, Vittorio wrote:
| Please, could someone explain step by step how I can get rid of initrd
| stuff when compiling the 2.4.9.  
| 
| As I wrote in this thread I was able to build my own 2.4.9 kernel
| using initrd and the related stuff. 
| 
| When using make menuconfig what else should I disable beside initrd
| support under RAM disk to avoid using initrd? 

I think that is all you need to do.

| Furthermore, I don't find the --initrd or --noinitrd options in my
| make-kpkg (7.0.4 potato). Am I using the wrong version of
| make-packaging?

I have 7.63 right now.  I noticed that it got upgraded the other day.
The version that was in woody a few weeks ago has this option as well.

I don't know if 2.2.x kernels even had such a thing as an initrd so it
probably is a new feature.

HTH,
-D



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