You don't necessarily need an initrd.
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Austin Gonyou
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Coremetrics, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bananachunks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 4:15 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] Finally patched my Mandrake 8.0 & what I
> was doing wrong
>
>
> 2 tiny questions, as long as the help is being offered =D
>
> What do you mean by "put your kernel where you want it..."?
> From the man pages, and the web, I've still not been able to
> figure out the
> whole "mkinitrd" deal...?
>
> TIA
> geo
>
> On Sunday 17 June 2001 23:03, you wrote:
> > Congrats! For future reference, the way to make sure your kernel
> > compile is as clean as possible, do:
> >
> > make mrproper
> > make config (or xconfig, or menuconfig)
> > make dep
> > make clean
> > make bzImage
> > make modules
> >
> > put your kernel where you want it...
> > make modules_install
> >
> > If necessary, make your initial ramdisk (mkinitrd)...
> > edit your bootloader config file (lilo.conf for lilo --
> menu.lst for grub)
> > install the bootloader ('lilo' or 'sh install.sh' for grub)
> >
> > Be aware that if you want to save your previous kernel
> selections from
> > the 'make config' stage... You need to have a backup copy. 'make
> > menuconfig or xconfig' give you an option to save to an
> alternate file,
> > very handy. This is because 'make mrproper' wipes the config file
> > normaly generated by the config stages.
> >
> > *TheDarb
> >
> > Joe Menola wrote:
> > > FYI...
> > > After printing the section on patching the kernel from
> Win4Lin's user
> > > manual and reading very carefully, I discovered what I
> hoped I was doing
> > > wrong. The instructions call for a "make clean" after
> "make dep" and
> > > before "make bzImage". I had never read that far because
> I've compiled
> > > the kernel many times before. This is the first I've read
> of doing the
> > > extra "make clean". The patched kernel compiled like a charm.
> > > My apologies for b*tching about the patch go out to
> Netraverse. I should
> > > have read more carefully.
> > >
> > > -jm
> > >
> > >
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