AW: Problems installing Kernel 2.4

["Pattrick Hueper - proQrent GmbH" <phueper@proqrent.de>]

No, that was not it, /initrd exists...

i have now built my own 2.4.18 without initrd and that works... (see thread
in debian-user-testing)

Patty

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Herbert Xu [mailto:herbert@gondor.apana.org.au]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2002 01:42
> An: Pattrick Hueper - proQrent GmbH; debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: Problems installing Kernel 2.4
>
>
> Pattrick Hueper - proQrent GmbH <phueper@proqrent.de> wrote:
> >
> > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> > warning: cant open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
> > pivot_root: No such file or directory
> > sbin/init: cannot open dev/console: no such file
> > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> >
> > Kernel 2.2.20 still boots, am i missing some packages, do i need to set
> > something else, i have looked though google but could not find
> any help on
> > this...
>
> Try
>
> mkdir /initrd
>
> and then reboot.
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