On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:10:00 -0400 Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I have a debian-source 2.6.7 and a vanilla-source 2.4.27, I've > compiled them both, both configured with CONFIG_CRAMFS=y and compiled > with "make-kpkg --initrd" and (a) they both have an initrd file; (b) > they boot :-); (c) my main file systems are indeed compiled into the > kernel, but I'm pretty sure I tried both of these _without_ an initrd > and couldn't boot them. Possibly, I'm wrong on that - I just compile > these things, I don't claim to understand them :-) I _did_ think that > if it even offered me a CONFIG_CRAMFS option, it must have the > "cramfs" patch.-- > derek > OK, again: cramfs _is_ part of the vanilla kernel. But with vanilla kernels it is not possible to use a cramfs on an initrd if it is not patched against the debian kernel patch. make-kpkg explicitly warns you about this if you are using the --initrd option. You can read more about this issue here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=149236 Regards Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
