Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 00:42, Nenad Antonic wrote: > However, it looks like initrd/cramfs is not yet stable enough, and > building a number of different kernels for different architectures might > be simpler solution for my needs at the moment. The main problem with the initrd is that it is ver

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-13 Thread Nenad Antonic
Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why are you trying to use initrd anyway? It's much easier to build > the drivers into the kernel. Now, I must agree with that. At the begining, it looked as a good idea to compile one kernel which can be used on scsi and ide systems, etc. S

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 06:04:41PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Nenad Antonic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apparently, there is a bug (at least from my perspective) which > > prevents initrd/cramfs in stock kernels, which has been arround for > > years. On the other hand, this bug gets fixed in eve

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-12 Thread Herbert Xu
Nenad Antonic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Apparently, there is a bug (at least from my perspective) which > prevents initrd/cramfs in stock kernels, which has been arround for > years. On the other hand, this bug gets fixed in every version of debian Why are you trying to use initrd anyway

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-11 Thread Nenad Antonic
Jean Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There no ext2 nor ext3 modules on your initrd.img-2.4.22-pre3c0, are > those filesystems compiled in the kernel ? ext2 is compiled in the kernel: CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y After a few days, let me summarise: a) 2.4.21 kernel as it is in debian kernel-sour

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-09 Thread Jean Charles Delepine
Nenad Antonic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait (wrote) : > RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0 initrd detected. > RAMDISK: loading 1032 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done. initrd mounted, scripts executed. > Freeing initrd memory: 1032k freed initrd umounted, try to m

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 08:41:43PM +0200, Nenad Antonic wrote: > On # Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:38:35 -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Neither does kernel.org source, and you can patch both of them easily. > > Could I just use acpi-20030619 patch from ACPI project page, and apply > it to kernel-so

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-07 Thread Nenad Antonic
On # Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:38:35 -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: >> RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0 >> RAMDISK: loading 1032 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done. >> Freeing initrd memory: 1032k freed >> cramfs: wrong magic >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root

Re: Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 06:55:01PM +0200, Nenad Antonic wrote: > Kernel-source-2.4.21 has some configuration problems. > (make xconfig does not work: > crypto/Config.in: 43: unknown command > make[1]: *** [kconfig.tk] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/k21ter/s

Kernel question: initrd/cramfs

2003-07-07 Thread Nenad Antonic
> Since it is a moving target, kernel compilation is a difficult > subject that may confuse even the most admired developer: > [Debian Reference] What is the status of initrd kernel building process (only on i386), while using stock kernels (from kernel.org)? Kernel-source-2.4