Re: getting the initrd to load

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

Ian Melnick <dazed@vonsteuben.cps.k12.il.us> wrote:
>> Use the kernel-source from Debian if you don't. It contains the patch needed
>> to make initrd accept cramfs.
> 
> 
> Is there an alternative to cramfs that I can use that works without this patch?

You can use romfs or even ext2/ext3.  Check out the MKIMAGE setting
in mkinitrd.conf.
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