I have a Sid installation with the 2.6.7-1 kernel, and have just compiled 2.6.8 (after weeks of trying, I cannot configure my USB network adaptor and hoped this might give me some clue to the problem).
After creating the kernel-image.deb, I got the following message and selected b. (not wishing to find I couldn't boot at all):- ---------------------- Unpacking kernel-image-2.6.8.1910 (from kernel-image-2.6.8.1910_10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ... Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8.1910 (10.00.Custom) ... /initrd.img does not exist. Installing from scratch, eh? Or maybe you don't want a symbolic link here. Hmm? Lets See. I note that you have an old initrd symbolic link in place. The name of the symbolic link is being changed to initrd.img I have two options here. I can: (A) delete the old symbolic link (default). You shall need to update the boot loader (b) Igore it and do nothing Please select one of a, or b: Please note that initrd points to the wrong image now Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub . Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst . Searching for splash image... none found, skipping... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1910 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-386 Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done -------------------- /boot/grub/menu.lst includes the following (ignoring the recovery mode entries):- --------------------- title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8.1910 root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1910 root=/dev/hda9 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1910 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7-1-386 root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-386 root=/dev/hda9 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.7-1-386 savedefault boot -------------------- 2.6.7 still boots, but 2.6.8 does not - I expected this, but I'm confused. For example, why are the entries for vmlinuz required? If they were used wouldn't the booting of 2.6.7 fail? /initrd is a link to boot/intrd.img-2.6.7-1 /initrd.img is a link to boot/initrd.img-2.6.8 /vmlinuz is a link to boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8 /vmlinuz.old is a link to boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1 What I would like to know (I don't want to experiment myself), is how do I arrange things so that grub will boot whichever kernel I select? Also, is there a URL or reference listing what should be compiled directly into a kernel to avoid the need to create an intrd.img? Can anyone give me an explanation please? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
