Dear all,
I am installing the linux kernel 2.4.18 in debian
following the instructions found in the url:
http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Main/DebianKernelBuilding?skin=print
At the final step for installing the new kernel and module
packages:
"dpkg -i {list of .deb packages from the previous step}
I
receive the following error message:
rena2:/usr/src#
dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18myhost1_10.00.Custom_i386.deb
(Reading database
... 54323 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace
kernel-image-2.4.18myhost1 10.00.Custom (using
kernel-image
-2.4.18myhost1_10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ...
You are attempting to install an initrd
kernel image (version 2.4.18myhost1)
This will not work unless you have
configured your boot loader to use
initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image
that expects to use an INITial
Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system
into RAM and use that for
booting).
As a reminder, in order to configure
lilo, you need to
add an 'initrd=/initrd.img' to the image=/vmlinuz
stanza
of your /etc/lilo.conf
I repeat, You need to configure your boot loader. If
you have already done
so, and you wish to get rid of this message, please
put
`do_initrd = Yes'
in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Note that this is
optional, but if you do not,
you'll contitnue to see this message whenever
you install a kernel
image using initrd.
Do you want to stop now?
[Y/n]n
Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.4.18myhost1 ...
Setting up
kernel-image-2.4.18myhost1 (10.00.Custom) ...
Failed to create initrd
image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.18myhost1
(--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit
status 2
Errors were encountered while
processing:
kernel-image-2.4.18myhost1
rena2:/usr/src#
Could you please help me???
I'm looking foward for your answer.
Rena.
