Why no "initrd" for Debian?
--- Eric Dickner <ejdickner@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> When I recompiled my 2.2.x kernel to 2.4.27 I
> followed
> the generic instructions rather than using a
> package.
> I was forced to skip the "mkinitrd" step as there
> was
> no file where the instructions told me there would
> be.
>
> When I went to edit the lilo.conf file to point to
> all
> the proper places there was no entry for "initrd" in
> the original installation. I didn't use one for the
> new one, unlike what the instructions told me to do.
>
> It seems to have had no effect; although I am having
> some issues using the CD-ROM and the floppy,
> everything else seems ok, but I suspect there are
> several hidden problems other than those.
>
> Do I need to get some kind of mkinitrd and get that
> into lilo.conf? Is this one of those areas where
> debian diverges from other linuces?
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