Matt Jones saw fit to inform me that:
>>>| Could you please explain straightforwardly, step by step how you
>>>| compiled your kernel?
>
>Make sure you enable initrd when you are doing the xconfig. It is not
>something that stands out greatly and I missed it a few times. After
>enabling the initrd I was able to compile with no problems at all.
I have seen lot of threads here about initrd image which is required it
seems for 2.4.x kernels ? But I have always compiled the kernel without any
initrd stuff and the kernel boots fine.
There is no initrd in my /boot.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot$ l
total 3184
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 419469 Aug 12 20:22 System.map-2.4.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 428802 Sep 2 15:10 System.map-2.4.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jul 14 19:45 boot.0300
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4568 Jul 14 19:44 boot.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612 Jul 14 19:44 chain.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20187 Aug 12 20:08 config-2.4.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20578 Sep 2 14:56 config-2.4.9
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 2 15:11 grub
-rw------- 1 root root 33792 Jul 15 00:31 map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jul 14 19:44 mbr.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 640 Jul 14 19:44 os2_d.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 730588 Jul 14 22:03 redhat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 752902 Aug 12 20:22 vmlinuz-2.4.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788789 Sep 2 15:10 vmlinuz-2.4.9
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot$
What is this initrd ? Why it is required when kernel boots without it ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
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Rajesh
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