RE: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

[Grégory Karékinian <kare@lautre.net>]

Hello,

Thank you guys, that's exactly the answer i needed :). I can't compile a
kernel on this machine (it's a 486 @ 66 mhz.. Slow even to untar :p).
I'll keep my 2.2 for now.

Later.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Wuertele [mailto:martin@wuertele.net] 
> Sent: samedi 16 février 2002 22:03
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic
> 
> [...]
> works just as with 2.2 or 2.0. configure the kernel without initrd
> support, compile it with make-kpkg, install it with dpkg, run lilo and
> reboot.
> [...]
> 
> yours martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: D-Man [mailto:dman@dman.ddts.net] On Behalf Of dman
> Sent: samedi 16 février 2002 21:54
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic
> 
[...]
> Look at the config file for your kernel -- is CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
> set to 'y'?  If it is, then you need an initrd.  The debian-packaged
> kernels have this option set.  My kernel doesn't, so I don't need (in
> fact, can't use) an initrd.