[root@caltig RPMS]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.19.13mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-2.4.19.13mdk ########################################### [100%] mke2fs 1.27ea (14-Mar-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# mke2fs 1.27ea (14-Mar-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# There was an error when generating initrd try to do a : /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.19-13mdk.img 2.4.19-13mdk and see the errors look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not the same of the initrd which mean you have a mdk kernel and not a mdk initrd you may go in trouble
This was on a clean 9.0 beta 2 install. The initrd-2.4.19-13mdk.img does not exist. I have had this with the only two kernel installs I have tried.
