> > Using the Debian rescue CD, I built a 2.6.34 kernel compiling > in more.>
> > > However, locale issues prevented me from installing it and > running
> > lilo.> > Funny--worked fine last week. I got it to work today. Kernel will
> > still not boot.> I am wondering whether to > bite the bullet> > and simply
> > install a stock kernel. Since I need Nouveau, > it would need> > to be a
> > more recent kernel, a 2.6.33,4 or 5. Which is recommended> > (all are
> > called experimental and many images are simply lacking)?> > The standard
> > 2.6.32 kernel used by Squeeze (I currently use > 2.6.32-5-686> version
> > 2.6.32-20) works fine, and includes the nouveau > driver. The> nouveau
> > driver seems to work OK in my experience, as long as you don't> need
> > interlaced video modes.OK. Does it work with sid xorg-video-nouveau or
> > does it need the version from testing?> > Heard tell of compatibility
> > problems with various nouveau compiles> > and its xorg drivers. This
> > would, of course, use the initrd.> > I stopped using initrd when the
> > installations ran yaird and > this never> > worked.> > Debian has given up
> > on yaird for now. Stock kernels use> initramfs-tools, which seems to work
> > fine.> > > I used to use the old mkinitrd and have an obselete conf> > for
> > it. Now, the update-initramfs serves this. Is > this smart enough> > to
> > get me running with the newer SATA/PATA drivers (module policy> > defaults
> > to "most")?> > The 2.6.32-5-686 kernel uses the newer libata drivers.> > >
> > Do I need to specify most everything like> > in mkinitrd?> > MODULES=dep
> > in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy seems to> work fine as long
> > as you don't "cross build" your initial RAM> file systems. I.e. don't
> > build an initial RAM file system> for a kernel which uses the old IDE
> > drivers while running a kernel> which uses the newer libata drivers, or
> > vice versa.I would run it from the rescue CD which uses the newer libata
> > drivers. > > > (Yaird had a test mode which gave a usable list of what> >
> > to include.)> > If you use the -v switch on update-initramfs it will list
> > the> modules that it includes.> > > Can these images be used with lilo or
> > are they already> > too large?> > I don't have any personal experience
> > with the amd64 images,> but I can attest that the i386 ones work> fine
> > with lilo, especially if you use the large-memory option,> and especially
> > if you use MODULES=dep.> I don't know if I mentioned this earlier, but you
> > might> want to take a look at my kernel-building web page,>
> > http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm. It may have> some
> > information that you will find useful, even if you use> a stock kernel,
> > and especially if you use lilo.I'll give it a look!This new computer is a
> > two-core intel so I assume it is 64 bit but that does not require me to
> > use 64 bits, especially just to get the thing booting normally again.
