Sorry for the delay in responding; work kept me offline for a while.
Lennart Sorensen wrote: >On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 02:26:59AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> [ snip ] >> >> I've never built or rebuilt an initrd, or monkeyed with the contents >> of one. When I haven't been able to use a Debian install kernel, >> I've always just built my own and compiled the drive controller/ >> filesystem modules into the kernel, so there's no issue. I could >> do that again here, and I plan to eventually; but I'd like to have >> the installation kernel working well first so I can use it as a base >> from which to start (these are my first steps with 2.6.x as well). >> >> So I'm wondering if someone can point me at good docs/a howto >> for building/rebuilding the Debian install initrd? I have a >> vague memory of people commenting that mkinitrd is now deprecated >> in favor of yaird -- that correct? > > Well which kernel version do you use Right now, just as noted, the etch install kernel, which is 2.6.12-1-amd64-generic; I'll switch to 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 right away, though, so that's fine too. > and do you use mkinitrd, yaird or > initramfs-tools? None of the above -- I use nothing, since I've never monkeyed around with initrds before. But I had a vague memory of people here discussing mkinitrd being deprecated in favor of yaird, but yaird having some problem on amd64 at the moment. Am I remembering correctly? -c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
