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From: Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>
To: Dave Mehler <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.5.68 kernel no initrd
Date: 20 Apr 2003 19:24:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1050859494.595.4.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000701c306f6$cf100180$0200a8c0@satellite>

On Sun, 2003-04-20 at 06:39, Dave Mehler wrote:
>     Ok, i should learn to leave well enough alone, but i don't. After
> successfully installing a monolithic 2.5.67 kernel i decided i wanted
> modules, so i made them, and what happened, it hung after the initrd
> initialized. So, when 2.5.68 came out i of course grab it, compile/install
> it without a hitch, but for one thing, as of now make install did not make
> an initrd for that install. Does anyone know how to make this manually, it
> won't boot without one?

I don't have experience with initrd, but why would you want a initrd?
Can't you simply build into the kernel the required pieces to mount the
root filesystem and leave the rest as loadable modules?
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  reply	other threads:[~2003-04-20 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-20  4:39 2.5.68 kernel no initrd Dave Mehler
2003-04-20 17:24 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana [this message]
2003-04-22 21:58   ` Bill Davidsen
2003-04-23 13:49   ` Paweł Gołaszewski
2003-04-23 16:00     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-04-23 16:36       ` Kevin P. Fleming
2003-04-23 21:54     ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-04-24 20:19       ` Bill Davidsen
2003-04-24 21:54         ` Felipe Alfaro Solana

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