Re: error installing kernel-image

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 08:54:11PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:24:34 -0400 (EDT), Joel Roth wrote:
> > 
> > I had a similar problem described here:
> > 
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/10/msg00264.html
> > 
> > Stephen Powell gave the same advice as above. :-) Following that,
> > I tried this:
> > 
> >         # grep -r yaird /etc/*                                                               
> > And got this:
> >                                                                                    
> >         /etc/kernel-img.conf: ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird 
> > 
> > I.e. in /etc/kernel-img.conf is a line you need to change to this:
> > 
> >         ramdisk = /usr/sbin/update-initramfs
> >  
> > Worked for me. I wonder if a bug ever got filed....
> 
> I forgot all about that.  I must be getting old.  Thanks for that
> reminder, Joel.  Good old /etc/kernel-img.conf.  Dying, but not
> quite dead yet.

So it's going to bite a few more people then?
I remember because it took me six months to figure out!

Cheers~

 
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Joel Roth