On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 03:58, Vittorio wrote: > Don, > > you should compile the USB keyboard support statically in the 2.4.9 > kernel and not as a module (answer 'Y' and not 'M' when using 'make > menuconfig'). > > Because compiling the 2.4.9 kernel has been a pain in the neck to me > (with that damned initrd stuff) I'll sketch here the basic steps you > should follow: > > 1) Under /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.9 > **make menuconfig ** and do your settings; > > 2) **make-kpkg clean; > > 3) **make-kpkg --revision=my.01 kernel_image; > > 4) Under /usr/src > **dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.9-my.01_i386.deb > answering NO to the question about running lilo. > > 5) Now you should have a new kernel image in /boot and its modules in > /lib/modules/2.4.9/ > Issue the command 'mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd-my.01 /lib/modules/2.4.9' > In /boot you'll now find initrd-my.01 > > 6) Modify your lilo.conf adding the new kernel image (/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9) and > the line 'initrd=/boot/initrd-my.01' and run lilo.
Okay, can somebody please explain why I'm missing this initrd stuff (and what I'm missing)? Why do I need to mkinitrd? I'm also running a self-compiled 2.4.9. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -a1 /boot/ . .. boot.0312 boot.b boot-compat.b boot-menu.b boot-text.b chain.b config-2.2.19pre17 config-2.4.6 config-2.4.8 config-2.4.9 grub map os2_d.b System.map-2.2.19pre17 System.map-2.4.6 System.map-2.4.8 System.map-2.4.9 vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17 vmlinuz-2.4.6 vmlinuz-2.4.8 vmlinuz-2.4.9 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep INITRD /boot/config-2.4.9 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
