> > Make sure that you have /initrd.img or more likely that it points > > somewhere useful like /boot/initrd-2.4.20-k7.img > > err, but _how_, though? %-( > > Obviously even by taking the not-real-man's way out of going through > apt-get rather than compiling my own kernel, it's still assuming a level > of knowledge that I don't have! > > Can you tell me how and where do I conjure up this initrd.img from?
ok on my system, i have a load of initrd.img-* in /boot/ which were installed when in installed various kernels. Have a look and find one for 2.4.20, most likely called initrd.img-2.4.20-k7 if its there then its as simple as # cd / /# ls -l initrd* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Feb 20 09:51 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.4.19-686 # shows me that i have initrd.img linked to boot/initrd.img-2.4.19-686 what you want is it linked to the 2.4.20 one which is probably what it is set to, if not do something like the following # rm /initrd.img # ln -s boot/initrd.img-2.4.20-k7 initrd.img # lilo Added Linux * Added LinuxOLD # if the initrd file doesnt exist at all then you need to # apt-get install initrd-tools and probably # apt-get install cramfsprogs then # mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.4.20-k7 then you need to make sure that you ln -s /boot/initrd.img-2.4.20-k7 /initrd.img then run lilo if lilo fails for some reason DO NOT reboot your machine. HTH David _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
