On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 03:24:34PM -0700, Craig Coles wrote:
> I have been trying to get a 2.4 kernel working in different forms for some
> time now. The problems that have been posted with the results of:
>
> >VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or 03:02
> >Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount rootfs on 03:02
>
> or similar are typical for those that have downloaded a 2.4.x kernel image
> through dselect (or equiv) and have tried to get it to work. The solution
> has been to make sure that your /etc/lilo.conf includes the line:
>
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-686
>
> for the 2.4.7 kernel for a 686 or greater. This will get the kernel to boot
Not an answer to the original question, but related -
Is there a standard name for an initrd symlink that'll be used in
2.4-series kernel image packages?
i.e. vmlinuz->/boot/(current vmlinuz)
vmlinuz.old->/boot/(last vmlinuz)
???->/boot/(current initrd)
???.old->/boot/(last initrd)
