On dim, 2009-08-02 at 09:30 +0900, Ziro wrote: > Hello, > > When I tried to apt-get upgrade the kernel from version > 2.6.27.7-libre-10.00.Custom to 2.6.27.7-libre-10.00.Custom on Yeeloong, > the installation script said that version of the kernel does not work > without initrd and I need to install a bootloader. > > Currently I run the old version of the kernel on Yeeloong without > initrd although the package provides an initrd, because booting from > PMON via the variable `al' does not seem to support initrd loading (I > cannot use boot.cfg because I made the first partition of the internal > hard disk a swap partition by mistake.) > > Does the new kernel really fail to work without initrd? > > Thanks,
Hello Ziro, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd Better than what i can say. I saw it as a link between your kernel and boot. That's why i'm not totaly agree with http://aligunduz.org/gNewSense/ in his approach of the install help. Because if you've got scsci hard drive under xfs format you must use Lilo, and his "good recipe" (because instead what i will say after this line, is a very good and easy recipe) will not work for the line : fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers just for example ... under Slackware line we can compare with is : cd /boot mkinitrd -c -k (kernel version) -m (format partition) cd / lilo I hope i don't make to much mistake (or enormus one) aurelien _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
