Re: Do all debian kernel packages require an initrd?
There is no (more) need to use or setup an initrd image when you
compile your own kernel.
But if the kernel comes with this image and you want
use this kernel then you MUST run the initrd image.
WITH GRUB FOR EX: (located at /boot/grub )
title Debian 20-686
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-686 root=/dev/hda5
initrd /initrd.img-2.4.20-686
mess-mate
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:34:42 +0200
Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote:
| Hello
|
| Neal Lippman (<nl@lippman.org>) wrote:
|
| > Tonight, I tried to apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.21-4-k7 (AMD
| > Athlon system). During the installation phase, I was given a warning
| > that this image requires an initial ramdisk - which I am not using, as
| > far as I am aware, with the stock 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel that originally
| > came with woody (now sarge).
| >
| > Are all debian kernel packages created with initrd? If so, is justing
| > proceeding with the install sufficient, or is there some special way
| > to modify my menu.lst for grub to handle this (the install gives
| > instructions for lilo, but I don't use lilo).
|
| I don't know about the 2.2 Kernels, but I think all of the 2.4 Kernels
| except the boot floppy image use an initrd. Here is a example grub
| configuration, found through google:
|
| title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
| root (hd0,3)
| kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=Label=hda=ide-scsi
| initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
| title Windows XP
| rootnoverify (hd0,0)
| chainloader +1
|
| best regards
| Andreas Janssen
|
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