On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:16:25 -0800 Dale Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 10:27:53PM +0000, Pollywog elucidated: > > > > I use the Debian source package to compile kernels, since my system > > is using initrd I need to use Debian kernels. > > Well, that's not exactly true.. make-kpkg will happily create an > initrd for you. apt-get install kernel-package if you haven't > already, it's a must when building a kernel on a debian system. > It is true that debian patch the kernel sources with a cramfs patch. Without that patch you won't be able to use initrd with the mkinitrd *default configuration*! But you can edit the file /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf to use romfs: Simply comment out #MKIMAGE='mkcramfs %s %s > /dev/null' and add MKIMAGE='genromfs -d %s -f %s' Be sure, that genromfs is installed and romfs is compiled into the kernel (not as a module). Then initrd works also with a vanilla kernel. Regards Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
