That'll kinda depend. If you compiled the kernel with the device drivers as modules, and not directly into the kernel, and any of those drivers/modules are needed for the initial startup, it could cause problems.
If you compiled all those drivers directly into the kernel, instead of as modules, then you don't need the initrd-<whatever>.img. For example, if you were booting from a SCSI drive, and had compiled the driver for the SCSI card as a module, you'd need to create the initrd-<whatever>.img file (using mkinitrd), and include it in your lilo.conf, in order to properly boot from that SCSI card/drive combo. On 19 Jan 2002, Brandon Robert Dorman wrote: > Before I got this e-mail i just removed the initrd line and rebooted. > now i get: > > [Brandon@localhost Brandon]$ uname -a > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.17 #1 Sat Jan 19 19:28:25 PST 2002 i686 > unknown > > :-) So it works. Is there any danger in doing that? seems to work > fine for me right now though.. > > -Brandon > On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 21:00, Werner Puschitz wrote: > > > > On 19 Jan 2002, Brandon Robert Dorman wrote: > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > Was recompiling my kernel today to 2.4.17 from 2.4-7-10. Upon changing > > > my lilo.conf, ran /sbin/lilo and got this: > > > Added linux > > > fatal: open /boot/initrd-2.4.17: no such file or directory. Sure > > > enough, a ls of /boot shows: > > > > > > ls /boot > > > > > > boot.b kernel.h module-info-2.4.7-10 vmlinuz > > > chain.b kernel.h-2.4.7 os2_d.b > > > vmlinuz-2.4.17 > > > grub message System.map > > > vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 > > > initrd-2.4.7-10.img module-info System.map-2.4.7-10 > > > > > > No initrd. Where can i copy it from? This is my first time compiling a > > > kernel after about 2.5 years working off and on with linux, i followed > > > the howtos but am stumped here. Thanks. > > > > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img 2.4.17 > > > > Make sure it says /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img and not /boot/initrd-2.4.17 in > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > > Werner > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
