Re: initrd kernel image, dual boot with NTLDR
"Brian Coiley" <bcap@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:33nwn-6xY-13@gated-at.bofh.it...
> Hi all.
>
> As a complete newbie, I've had lots of help from people here over the last
> few days, and as a result have upgraded Woody to Sarge. However, I have
> also been advised to install a 2.4 kernel version, as opposed to the 2.2
> version that was installed with Woody.
>
> I tried to do this as follows:
>
> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-1-k7
>
> But, I get a message saying, among other stuff, that I need to configure
my
> boot loader to use initrd. It also gives instructions on how to do this
for
> LILO. BUT, this is a dual-boot machine, with W2K, and I'm using NTLDR,
not
> LILO. So, does anyone know how I fix this using NTLDR or, if it can't be
> done, how I can change from using NTLDR to using LILO (crucially, without
> breaking Windows!)
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
OK, I managed to fix it by booting from the install CD and doing the "make
system bootable" bit again.
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