Re: initrd and lilo.conf

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (27/05/03 10:32), Brian Carver wrote:
> New problem:
> 
> When I proceeded with the
> 
> dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18-custom.1.0_i386.deb 
> 
> after deciding that initrd.img was ok to put in lilo.conf I get an 
> error:
> -----
> Setting up kernel-image-2.4.18 (custom.1.0) ...
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.18 (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> kernel-image-2.4.18
> -----
> Any ideas why this is happening?

I am no expert on this but I found the following invaluable when
compiling a new kernel:

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/kernel-pkg/index-kernel-pkg.html

HTH

Clive