so, is it possible that the standard build requires a ramdisk, but if you 'roll your own' it is not necessary?
If the above is true, and I wish to install the standard build kernel, how do I go about putting together this ramdisk and configuring it correctly? is it as simple as an additional line in lilo? What creates the 'initrd-2.4.4-686' file? - Steve -----Original Message----- From: Michael P. Soulier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 12:19 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:04:51AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > Interesting. My lilo.conf has no line about initrd and dmesg reports > nothing on ramdisks for my 2.4.7 system. What type of systems need a > ramdisk to boot initially? I understood that all 2.4 kernels do, but I suppose it depends on whether or not the builder of the kernel used one? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925
