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/scripts' )
That is fixed in 2.4.21-2, now in unstable. > Besides, it does not (yet) contain some of the features I need (e.g. > new ACPI). Neither does kernel.org source, and you can patch both of them easily. > I have tried several post 2.4.21 versions, and for 2.4.22-pre3, while > using debian kernel-package 8.041, testing cramfsprogs 1.1-4 and > initrdtools (both 0.1.47 and 0.1.48), I was not able to boot: > 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 fs on 03:01 Strange...it is recognized as a cramfs filesystem, but then fails to mount. Are you able to mount the initrd using a loop device? -- - mdz
