After you boot, check dmesg, whether it found the boot image, and if it did, what went wrong...
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:55:51 -0500 (EST) Tianran Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for replying. > > i'm quite sure /boot is mounted at the time i generate and copy the initrd > image. the kernel is manually configured. the 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 seems > already patched with the boot splash patch, since i saw the option: > > [*] Use bootsplash instead of boot logo. > > i was following the HOWTO from > http://reviewed.homelinux.org/gentoo/bootsplash/ > and the steps i went through are: > > 0. emerge bootsplash > > 1. configure the kernel, with following options enabled: > [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support > [*] Loopback device support > [*] RAM disk support > [*] Initial RAM disk (initrd) support > [*] VGA text console > [*] Video mode selection supportB > [*] Support for frame buffer devices > [*] VESA VGA graphics console > [*] Use splash screen instead of boot logo > > 2. compiled new kernel, and copy it to /boot. > > 3. rc-update add bootsplash boot. > > 4. copied an initrd from /usr/share/bootsplash to /boot > 4.alt. also tried generate a new initrd by: > > /sbin/splash -s -f > /etc/bootsplash/default/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg > > /boot/initrd-1024x768 > > 5. edit grub.conf: > > kernel /kernel-2.4.22-splash root=/dev/hda2 > video=mtrr,vesa:1024x768 vga=0x317 splash=silent > initrd=/initrd-1024x768 > > 6. reboot > > kernel obviously enabled framebuffer. but boot logo is shown, but no boot > splash. the /proc/splash does not exist neither. > > can anyone help me? > thanks > > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Rainer Sigwald wrote: > > Hmm. Was /boot mounted when you copied the initrd over? Are you using the > > genkernel automagic-everything, or doing it manually? What was the exact > > command you used to make the initrd? > > > > Also, you were following the steps shown . . . where? > > > > I'm no expert, but I think the guys that are will need to know this stuff. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
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