Mike - I'd love to find the faq out there on this. I have no objection to compiling my own kernel except that I'm relatively new to Debian and I'm trying to find the simplest way to maintain an up to date system. I have no problem running either testing or unstable for that matter, but I'm learning all the ins and outs of apt, dselect, and dpkg and would love to figure this kernel upgrade matter out.
- Steve -----Original Message----- From: Michael Heldebrant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:04 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel 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] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
