boot problem with custom kernel

2007-06-10 Thread Robert D. Crawford
I am running sid on a thinkpad t40. I've been using the powertop utility to check on power consumption and needed to install a custom kernel with a few patches. Here is the process I went through: 1. d/l the sources for 2.6.22-rc1 from kernel.org 2. d/l the patches from the powertop site,

Re: boot problem with custom kernel

2007-06-10 Thread Nelson Castillo
12. make-kpkg --append-to-version=.powertop kernel_image Hi, you missed the --initrd option. That way the package will make the initrd when installed and the kernel will use it at boot time. Regards. -- http://arhuaco.org http://emQbit.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: boot problem with custom kernel

2007-06-10 Thread Robert D. Crawford
Nelson Castillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 12. make-kpkg --append-to-version=.powertop kernel_image Hi, you missed the --initrd option. That way the package will make the initrd when installed and the kernel will use it at boot time. Thanks, that did the trick. Not sure why I never had to