Not sure how to make one. There should be a faq somewhere. What do you need in it is the real question. Maybe you can steal it from the root disk from the installation set. I checked the initrd man page and I'm still wondering how to use it. I'm also still confused why you don't want to compile your own kernel.
--mike On 06 Aug 2001 12:49:09 -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
