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Re: initrd and lilo.conf



On Tue, 27 May 2003 12:22:54 -0400
"Brian W. Carver" <brian@rurnt.com> wrote:

> I just compiled a custom 2.4.18 kernel for my woody-running laptop. 
> 
> I'm new at this and am pretty sure I am about to shutdown and be unable to
> 
> boot back up, because this initrd/lilo stuff has me baffled. Please help! 
> 
> I followed the instructions about building a kernel using make-kpkg 
> carefully (the README in /usr/doc/kernel-package) and while in menuconfig 
> chose the initrd option because it suggested I needed to do so. 

I have a better idea. Forget about initrd. Go here for the kernel newbiedoc:

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Kevin



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