Hello, I'm using this guide [1] to install gNewSense Parkes to Lemote YeeLoong.
I haven't found the right image in gNewSense's repo; that's why I tried to use this one [2]. The following message appeared when I was trying to install it via "dpkg -i": "You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 3.5.2-gnu) This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use initrd..." I've been told that "initrd support doesn't prevent booting the kernel without initrd." Is this correct? I guess that this image [2] won't boot without initrd. (Deps: initramfs-tools, linux-initramfs-tool, yaird.) Am I right? I've also heard that initrd slows the boot time. That's why I don't want to use it. There is another reason to avoid initrd: Parkes doesn't have Yaird in the repo because Parkes is based on Squeeze. So I'll have to install it from Debian's sid; which may lead to unresolved deps and/or non-free packages in my system. Where can I find the image that will work without initrd? [1] http://www.gnewsense.org/Documentation/DebootstrappingGNewSense3 [2] http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/lemote/gnewsense/pool/linux-image-3.5.2-gnu_0loongsonlibre_mipsel.deb Thanks _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
