On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, kuldeep wrote:
> We patched the 2.2.14 kernel with
>
> ftp.*kernel.org:/...../people/andrea/patches/v2.2/2.2.14/alpha_initrd_fixes.gz
>
> Also aboot by
> ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ro/aboot/aboot.initrd.patch
> ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ro/aboot/aboot-0.5.dif
>
> But still initrd is not working.
>
> Below is the message displayed during bootup
>
> .
> .
> aboot: now loading initrd filesystem image
> unzip: unknown compression method
> aboot: ok, now starting the kernel
> .
> .
> and system normally boot's up without the initrd support.
>
> What should I do to make initrd working ?
Hm, the message from aboot says there are problems uncompressing
the initrd-file. Did you use "-9" as compression level for the
initrd ? In this case you might just try the default "-3" for gzipping
the initial-ramdisk.
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with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
Ruediger Oertel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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does "DONT PANIC" give a hint ?
