I'm compiling a 2.4.13 kernel with patches from non-debian sources. "make-kpkg --initrd --config oldconfig kernel_image" produces an installable package with proper symlinks to an initrd, and lilo works fine.
But when booting the image it cannot mount the root cramfs. Looking in the archives, I see that someone else posted this question, and Russell Coker answered on 30 Oct that cramfs only works because of patches in the kernel-source packages. He suggests using genromfs to make a romfs instead of cramfs. One question: How? I don't think I'm particularly dense or anything (though I could be wrong), but I've never done this before and I haven't found any relevent howtos or anyone detailing a method. Failing that, what are the patches in the kernel-source packages that fix cramfs, and where can I get them? Thanks in advance. -- Cerebus
