Russell, Ok...I am going to remake my package...without initrd as I thought it not such a good idea to have my main file system as a module and so included it in the kernel.
You say: Backup your HDD. Easy for you to say: I come from Windows where I press two buttons on Drive Image to backup my whole system. Here I have been working for a month just to try and set up so I can use partimage! Best Wishes! Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org -----Original Message----- From: Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 6:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001 Michael Olds wrote: > > Russel...noted and I will do a revision shortly...however I got as far as > making the package with the --initrd option and managed to control my > fingers long enough to read the caution about editing lilo at the end...so I > have not installed my package. I am using ext3, and I am not sure if it was > you, but someone this morning said I needed to go initrd. But I see my > current setup using the bf24 kernel does not use initrd (or, at least it is > not mentioned in lilo.conf and I can't find the image in /boot)(but the new > kernel is not bf24 it is 2.4.18) But I do remember using it in the setup > before the most recent install (very confused at this point). I am reading > round that on a one-box system it shouldn't be needed...I do have SCSI > support enabled (for scsi emulation) as a module. So the question is: do I > need it, and if so, how do I go about getting it in there? read: http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-kernel.en.html it says: mv /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/<whatever name> I have /usr/src/linux as a symlink to /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 I'm using ext3, and you don't need initrd. IIRC, you only need initrd if your filesystem is a module and not compiled into the kernel, so at least CramFS needs to be built in if nothing else is. Backup your HDD. If you get a kernel panic because of lilo, you can usually still boot in using the downloaded debian rescue disk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
