On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:40:02 +0200 aurelien <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 : > If you've decided to run XFS on a scsi drive, you can decide to put in the extra effort when installing a kernel. Guides like the above are for people who (eg) install gNewSense using its defaults then want to have a newer kernel. As for lilo, its likely to disappear soon anyway. kk > I hope i don't make to much mistake (or enormus one) > > aurelien -- Sent mobile, appologies for no GPG sig. Sent offline, appologies if its already been answered better. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
