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Re: How to install Kernel 2.6.17 without /boot/initrd.img-***?



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Alex Yakushev wrote:
> I experienced some difficulties to run new kernel
> 2.6.17.
> If I comment initrd.img-2.6.17 line in my
> /boot/grub/menu.lst, and start to restart OS, I got
> Kernel panic error.
> Is this possible to start kernel without
> initrd.img-2.6.17?
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17
> root            (hd0,0)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17 root=/dev/hda1 ro
> #initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> I take a look on resources ?
> /initrd directory
> and
> /dev/initrd
> not contain any information.

The precompiled binary kernels are designed to need initrd.


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For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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