Re: Kernel compilation

[k l u r t <klurt@3phase.org>]

On Friday 28 December 2001 03:56 am, Jens Müller wrote:
> Daniel Freedman <freedman@ccmr.cornell.edu> writes:
> > Make sure you have the proper 'initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.16' (or
> > similar path to your initrd image) in your 'lilo.conf' and rerun lilo.
> >
> > Are you using kernel-package to compile your kernel (I'd suggest you
> > do, if you're not)?
>
> Yes, I am. So I thought make-kpkg would also give me an initrd.img.
>
> > Have you installed initrd-tools?
>
> Yes, I have.

you'll want to use the --initrd option with make-kpkg :

make-kpkg --initrd --revision=blaaablaa.1.0 kernel_image

check out   man make-kpkg    for more details.

- k l u r t