Re: grub configuration question
On Tue, 6 May 2003 04:08:22 -0400
Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com> wrote:
> I get the feeling that the kernel command must point to the full
> kernel file name unless it is to a "vmlinuz" symlink to a full
> kernel (handy for juggling multiple kernel versions). Is this correct?
> The autocompletion from "vm" to become "vmlinuz" was therefore
> misleading, for there's no symlink (yet), just as there's no debian
> grub configuration file.
My experimentation leads me to think that vm... won't autocomplete to
vmlinuz unless vmlinuz exists and is either the actual name of a kernel or
the name of a symlink to a kernel.
The kernel command of grub must point either to a kernel or to a symlink
that in turn points to a kernel.
> My elementary question remains. When someone said that woody installs
> 2.2.19 or 2.4.18-bf2.4, I assume what's meant is that this these are
> the two kernels selected by woody install by default. Since I'm doing
> a cross install and must select my kernel, I've a better opportunity
> to get into trouble. I decided the best kernel for my situation was
> the 2.4.18-686, which I assume is stable and therefore does not
> require the initrd statement (which apparently will even prevent me
> from booting if it is present)
> Are my assumptions correct? That is, is the 686 kernal stable? If so,
> must the initrd statement be removed from grub configuration? And my
> old question, is the 686 kernel compatible with reiserfs?
"Stable" has nothing to do with whether initrd is required. In Debian
"stable" has a particular technical meaning (the released version of Debian)
in addition to its usual meaning of "doesn't crash". In the stable(1) branch
of Debian are several stable(2) kernels, some of which require initrd and
some of which do not. :)
I don't know if Debian's kernel 2.4.18-686 supports Reiserfs, but my guess
is it does, using kernel modules loaded from an initrd.
What is a "cross installation"?
Kevin
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