Re: Kernel Panic on my new custom kernel

[Jon Roed <jroed@shaw.ca>]

> I had the same problem building 2.6.11, and solved it with the --initrd
> option like Peter mentioned:
>
> make-kpkg clean; make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image
>
> Note that if you use this option with pristine sources (not Debian's) then
> you need to change /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf (see man mkinitrd.conf):
>
> MKIMAGE='genromfs -d %s -f %s'
>

I am not using make-kpkg to compile my kernel i am just using 

make xconfig O=/home/jon/build/...
make O=/home/jon/build/...
sudo make O=/home/jon/build/... modules_install install

is there a way to use the --initrd option here ?  or do i need to use 
make-kpkg ?