Hi Wille,
This answer comes from my vague memories of converting 2.4 systems to
ext3 (I'm now using a 2.6 kernel without an initrd so that I can suspend
to disk without problems!)
There is an EXT3-debian howto that I followed for this which was quite
nice:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html
Look at section 7.2.4.
The 3 steps that are necessary are as follows....
#1. /etc/mkinitrd/modules should contain:
jdb
ext2
ext3
#2. then the mkinitrd command is used to make the actual initrd. The
correct command will actually be called from the Debian kernel package's
post-inst script, so you could just tell your favourite package
management program to reinstall the kernel:
# apt-get install --reinstall kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
or you could do it the slightly longer way:
# mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-386 /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386
# ln -sf /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-386 /initrd
#3. finally, you need to tell grub/lilo to use the initrd.
e.g. for lilo
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/initrd
read-only
Of course all of my commands above (e.g. ln -sf ... /initrd) should be
adapted to suit your local installation and the conventions you have for
dealing with previous kernel images.
good luck!
Stuart
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