In the Gentoo world, we have a thing called genkernel. Genkernel
receives a lot of bad publicity sometimes but it realy is a nice tool
if you graduate from the simple command line.
Under genkernel you have several options for building either
kernel
modules
initramfs
In fact, the default under 2.6.x kernels is to build an initramfs for you.
it will also install the entire mess for you.
And make the "Correct" entry in your grub.conf
Here's the magic. if you go in and take a look at the scripts that make up genkernel,
you will start to see that you can create any type of initramfs you like.
For further information,
RTFM
On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 02:24 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote:
Hello list, I've tried to move my built-in ide (via) and rootfs (reiser) modules outside of the kernel, but when I try to boot the new kernel and its corresponding initramfs, it fails miserably with one of the following messages. If I use "root=/dev/hda7" (my root): Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (3,7) If I use "root=/dev/ram" (that's the device in the initramfs made with mkinitrd): Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (1,0) I do this every day using Debian boxes, so why it is so hard on Gentoo? What's the correct way to make _and_ use an initramfs on Gentoo? Many thanks in advance, Norberto
