Michael Leone wrote: > > I'm having some problems creating a bootdisk. I routinely use a initrd > image. However, no matter what options I try, the rebooting with that > diskette fails with a "Cannot find initrd.img" message. > > What exactly is the command to create a bootdisk? I've tried: > > mkbootdisk 2.4.17 > mkbootdisk --mkinitrdargs initrd.img 2.4.17 2.4.17 > (initrd.img and 2.4.17 are the parameters to pass to mkinitrd) > mkbootdisk --mkinitrdargs /dev/fd0/initrd.img 2.4.17 2.4.17 > > and other variations. No luck. All fail in the same way. > > Ordinarily, I use an initrd image named "initrd-2.4.17.img" (this is > what the file in /boot is named). > > Anybody see what I'm doing wrong? > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Michael J. Leone Registered Linux user #201348 > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 50453890 AIM: MikeLeone > > PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF > PGP public key: > <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> > > "Sometimes your lack of sympathy gets hard to explain, > So on your mask of make-up you just paint a little parody of pain" > "When you were young", Del Amitri > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Check the file size of initrd.img in /boot. If it is zero you must make an initrd.img file with the 'mkinitrd'. See man mkinitrd. an example: mkinitrd initrd-2.4.17.img Try searching the archives. This has been answered many times. HTH Charles
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