etch make of 2.6.29 kernel is Broken.

[Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>]

If I start to build a custom kernel, the process runs for about
a minute and blows up as follows:

  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
  HOSTCC  scripts/ihex2fw
  HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
  HOSTCC  scripts/conmakehash
  HOSTCC  scripts/bin2c
  CC      init/main.o
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  CC      init/do_mounts.o
  CC      init/do_mounts_rd.o
  CC      init/do_mounts_initrd.o
  LD      init/mounts.o
  CC      init/initramfs.o
  CC      init/calibrate.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  HOSTCC  usr/gen_init_cpio
  /home/martin/linux-2.6.29/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open 'y'
make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Error 1
make: *** [usr] Error 2

	This is the first time I tried to build a kernel after
upgrading to etch several months ago. I used to be able to build
kernels all the time so I did something during the upgrade but
am not sure what.

	To try to fix things, I installed kernel-package via
dselect and dselect pulled in about 32 megs of libraries during
the install. I was sure this would correct the problem and it
may have moved the brick wall a few feet, but I still crash
before things really get started.

	Any suggestion as to what to try next?

	Many thanks.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group