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Re: kernel compile - Unable to mount root fs



mkinitrd is a standard command on all linux systems, so you can check
its manual page. Maybe man update-initramfs can help too. Best of
luck.

On 7/17/09, Don Quixote de la Mancha <quixote@dulcineatech.com> wrote:
> In your Grub menu.lst file, there are some lines that look like this one:
>
>   initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>
> You need a line like that just below the item for the kernel you're
> trying to boot, except that you want the initrd version to match the
> new kernel version.
>
> initrd stands for Initial RAM Disk.  It's a compressed archive that
> contains the contents of a small initial root filesystem, with just
> enough in it to to load the modules you're going to need to mount your
> root filesystem.  In particular it needs to have the modules for your
> lvm and any RAID controllers.
>
> I've never made an initrd on Debian, but on Fedora the command is mkinitrd.
>
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